Zurab Datunashvili

Surabi Datunaschwili (born 18 June 1991) is a Georgian wrestler. He became in 2013 Vice European Champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in the welterweight division.

Career

Surabi Datunaschwili began at the age of 6 years with the rings. He is a wrestler Club in Tbilisi on, is trained by Viliam Charasow and specializes in en Greco- Roman style. At present wrestling is also his profession. The 1.83 meter tall athlete starts at a size of 1.83 meters in the welterweight division, the weight category to 74 kg body weight.

His first international championship, he played in the year 2006 at the age of 15 years when he arrived at the Junior European Championships (Age Group Cadets ) in Istanbul in the weight class up to 42 kg on the 12th Place. In 2008 he started, still as " Cadet " at the Junior European Championships in Daugavpils in the weight class up to 63 kg, and reached it the 7th Place. Then in 2011 was his most successful junior year. He finished this year, first in Zrenjanin welterweight behind Islam Charajew, Russia and Ismail Kocaslan, Turkey 3rd place and a little later he was at the Junior World Championships in Bucharest welterweight behind Rafik Manukyan, Armenia even Vice Junior World Champion.

The first big success in the seniors then succeeded already in 2012, because he was able to qualify in Sofia for participation in the Olympic Games in London. He was so outstanding wrestler like Mark Overgaard Madsen, Denmark and Peter Bacsi, Hungary, behind. At the Olympic Games itself, he came to victories over Kim Jin- hyeok, South Korea and Benjamin Errol provisor, United States, but then lost to Emin Achmadov from Azerbaijan. Since this did not reach the final, he was eliminated, but still finished a good seventh place.

In December 2012, Surabi Datunaschwili was first Georgian welterweight champion and also represented his country at the European Championships in March 2013 in Tbilisi. He was there in very good form and defeated welterweight Balint Korpasi, Hungary, Bozo Starkevic, Croatia and Pascal Eisele, Germany. In the final he faced the Olympic champion Roman Vlasov of Russia, against whom he narrowly lost 0-2 rounds and 0:2 points. He thus became European vice-champion.

International success

Georgian Championships

Notes

• All competitions in the Greco-Roman style
• OS = The Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =
• Welterweight weight class up to 74 kg body weight

Swell

• Journal The Ringer
• Website " Foeldeak Wrestling Database "
• Website " www.geowrestling.com "

• Ringer (Georgia)
• Olympian (Georgia)
• Born in 1991
• Man