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Iakobi Kajaia

Iakob Kajaia
Personal information
NationalityGeorgian
Born (1993-09-28) 28 September 1993 (age 31)
Tsqaltubo, Georgia
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight127 kg (280 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
EventGreco-Roman
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Georgia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 130 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Nur-Sultan 130 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Oslo 130 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Warsaw 130 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Bucharest 130 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Kaspiysk 130 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Zagreb 130 kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk 130 kg
Golden Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2014 Baku 120 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Paris 120 kg
Silver medal – second place 2013 Baku 120 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tbilisi 130 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Dortmund 130 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kyiv 130 kg
Silver medal – second place 2024 Budapest 130 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Kyiv 130 kg
European U23 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2016 Russe 130 kg
World Juniors Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Pattaya 96 kg
European Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Skopje 120 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Zagreb 96 kg
European Cadets Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Sarajevo 110 kg

Iakob Kajaia (Georgian: იაკობ ქაჯაია; born September 28, 1993) is a Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler.[1] He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 130 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Sergey Semenov.[2][3] He is a European bronze medallist (2018).

He lost his bronze medal match in the 130 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[4][5] He won one of the bronze medals in the 130 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.

Major results

Year Tournament Venue Result Event
2014 World Championships Tashkent, Uzbekistan 10th Greco-Roman 130 kg
2015 European Games Baku, Azerbaijan 5th Greco-Roman 130 kg
World Championships Las Vegas, United States 24th Greco-Roman 130 kg
2016 European Championships Riga, Latvia 9th Greco-Roman 130 kg
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7th Greco-Roman 130 kg
2018 European Championships Kaspiysk, Russia 3rd Greco-Roman 130 kg
2019 European Championships Bucharest, Romania 2nd Greco-Roman 130 kg
European Games Minsk, Belarus 1st[6] Greco-Roman 130 kg
World Championships Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 3rd Greco-Roman 130 kg
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 2nd Greco-Roman 130 kg
World Championships Oslo, Norway 3rd Greco-Roman 130 kg
2023 European Championships Zagreb, Croatia 3rd Greco-Roman 130 kg

References

  1. ^ "International Wrestling Database". Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  2. ^ "Iakobi Kajaia". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  3. ^ "Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  4. ^ Brennan, Eliott (13 September 2022). "Olympic medallist Kayaalp returns to champion status at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  5. ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  6. ^ "ATHLETES SANCTIONED FOR DOPING VIOLATIONS AT 2019 EUROPEAN GAMES, EYOF – The European Olympic Committees". Retrieved 2021-10-28.


Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iakobi_Kajaia