Name Mikhail Mamiashvili Role Wrestler | Spouse Margarita Mamiashvili | |
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Children Tatiana Mamiashvili, Tamara Mamiashvili, Elizaveta Mamiashvili, Vladimir Mamiashvili Parents Vera Mamiashvili, Gerazi Mamiashvili Siblings Viktor Mamiashvili, Yury Mamiashvili Olympic medals Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight Similar People Aleksandr Karelin, Sergei Bondarchuk, Fedor Bondarchuk, Roman Vlasov, Ivan Yarygin | ||
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Mikhail Mamiashvili (born 1963 in Konotop, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian wrestler of Georgian origin. He won an Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, competing for the Soviet Union.
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- Kom romi tibor mikhail mamiashvili 1989 wrestling world championships
- Mikhail mamiashvili 1988 wrestling workout
- Controversy
- Career
- References
Mikhail mamiashvili 1988 wrestling workout
Controversy
At the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Mamiashvili was accused by a Swedish board member of wrestling's international governing body for giving signs to a referee of a gold medal match involving a Russian wrestler. When the board member informed Mamiashvili of the accusation, Mamiashvili purportedly told him: "You should know that this may lead to your death," despite evidence found by the board member that the referee had been bribed.
In 2015, Mamiashvili was denied a United States visa to attend the UWW World Championships in Las Vegas.
At the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Mamiashvili, was accused of punching Russia's 63 kg female wrestler Inna Trazhukova in the face twice following her loss to Poland’s Monika Michalik in the bronze medal match. Mamiashvili does not deny punching Trazhukova.
He is currently the Vice President of United World Wrestling and head of the Wrestling Federation of Russia.
Career
He won gold medals at the 1983, 1985 and 1986 World Wrestling Championships and won the European championship in 1986. He also won two silver medal at the World Wrestling Championships in 1989, 1990. He was USSR National Champion in 1984, 1987, and 1988. He is currently the President of Russian Wrestling Federation and one of the most powerful men in International Olympic wrestling serving as a FILA Bureau Member (Federation of Associated Wrestling Style)(www.fila-wrestling.com).Mamiashvili was inducted in the FILA Hall of Fame in 2008 for his many accomplishments as an athlete and administrator for Soviet/Russian wrestling.
He is the current chairperson and president of the Wrestling Federation of Russia[:ru].