Aleksandr Dokturishvili
Aleksandr Dokturishvili (Georgian ალექსანდრე დოხტურიშვილი, Aleksandre Dochturischwili; born 22 May 1980, Tbilisi, Georgia ) is an Uzbek wrestler. He is a professional wrestler and Olympic champion in 2004, he is 1.68 meters tall and struggling in Greco- Roman style. His home club is the Trade Union Sports Tashkent. He started up in 2001 for Georgia, since for Uzbekistan.
Life
In 1997 Dokturishvili a month after his 17th birthday for the first time at a major championship part. At the European Junior Championships in Istanbul, he finished in the class below 65 kg to the 8th Place. In the same year he started in Turku, Finland at the World Junior Championship; he was Fifteenth after a defeat against the Iranians Ali Zabihi had to put in the 1st round. Finally, he won his battles in round 2 and 3 and was beaten from Cuba only in the fourth round later last Yudermis Rivera and retired.
In 1998 he started again at the European Junior. In Tirana, he finished in eleventh place. Just over a month later, he went to the World Championships in Cairo, he finished in eighth place.
In 1999, he competed in two competitions, but his weight class had changed; when he entered the class of under 69 kilograms. This seemed to get better around at the European Championships in Budapest, he finished third, behind Koleszcar Gabor from Hungary and the Frenchman Aurelien Bozonet. Also at the World Junior Championship he entered in the weight class up to 69 kg. In Bucharest, he was also third, behind winner Max Schwindt from Germany and Parviz Zaidvad from Iran.
In the Junior European Championships in 2000 in Sofia he won the first place at the World Championships in July 2000 in Nantes, it was enough, however, after he celebrated three wins in a row after a 0-2 defeat against Youry Vitt from Uzbekistan for space seven. It was his last competition as a junior.
In 2001 he was in the class up to 69 kg European Champion in Istanbul. He could win his fights against Max Schwindt, Jimmy Samuelsson from Sweden and the Russians Martin Iwatschenko all " null". So he's not traveling as an outsider to the world championships in Patras, Greece, but he was surprisingly only 18ter.
In 2003 he started for the first time for Uzbekistan only the Asian Cup, where he took first place in his new weight class under 74 kg. His destination was the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens. When qualifying for this competition in Novi Sad, he finished second behind Filiberto Ascuy Aguilera from Cuba.
As champions of Asia, he came with great confidence in August to Athens. In the first round, he defeated the Hungarian Tamas Berzicza. In the second fight, he defeated Vüqar Aslanov from Azerbaijan. In the third round he won against the Greeks Alexios Kolitsopoulos with 8:4. He has now been set for the 5th round where he met the strong Warteres Samurgaschew from Russia. However, Alexander Dokturischwili won with 5:2 and was set for the 8th round. There was his opponent Marko Yli- Hannuksela. The Finn won with 1:4 and Dokturischwili was thus Olympic champion.
Since the Olympic success, he could not catch up to the top; at the 2005 World Championships in Budapest, he was only seventh. Thomas Dantzler in the U.S. and Vasily Radyiba from Ukraine he could defeat, but Konstantin Schneider of Germany was too strong for him.
Also at the 2006 World Championships in Guangzhou, the renewed breakthrough came no more. He finished eleventh. In December 2006, he was. During the Asian Games in fifth, after two wins and two defeats
Achievements
Junior
- European Champion 2000
- Third World Cup 1999
- Third EM 1999
- European Champion 2001
- Asian Cup 2003 winners
- Asia Champion 2004
- 2004 Olympic Champion
Aleksandr Dokturishvili took as an adult once in the Olympic Games, three World Championships and once at the European Championships in part, and once at the Asian Championships and once at the Asian Games.