Besik Aslanasvili (Greek: Μπέζικ Ασλανασβίλι; born October 22, 1976, in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR) is a retired amateur Greek freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's lightweight category.[1] Holding a dual citizenship to compete internationally, Aslanasvili has been selected to the nation's Olympic wrestling team when Greece hosted the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and also picked up a gold medal in the 63-kg division at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis, Tunisia.[2][3] Throughout his sporting career, Aslanasvili trained full-time for Atlas Kallitheas Wrestling Club in Athens, under personal coach Michail Charachura.
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| Full name | Besik Aslanasvili | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Greece | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 October 1976 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Style | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Atlas Kallitheas | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Michail Charachura | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aslanasvili qualified for the naturalized Greek squad in the men's lightweight class (60 kg), when Greece welcomed the world to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He filled up an entry by the International Federation of Association Wrestling and the Hellenic Olympic Committee, as Greece received an automatic berth for being the host nation.[2][4] Amassed the home crowd inside Ano Liossia Olympic Hall, Aslanasvili opened the prelim pool with a shut out 5–2 victory over neighboring Albania's Sahit Prizreni, before losing to Iran's Masoud Mostafa-Jokar by a rigid 3–2 decision. Placing second in the pool and eleventh in the final standings, Aslanasvili's performance was not enough to put him further into the medal rounds.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Besik Aslanasvili". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ a b Με 18 παλαιστές στο ολυμπιακό ταπί της Αθήνας [18 wrestlers in the Olympic mat for Athens] (in Greek). To Vima. 24 March 2002. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ^ Ελαμψαν Κουτσιούμπας και απουσίες [Flashed Koutsioumpas and absences] (in Greek). Rizospastis. 30 December 2001. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ^ Abbott, Gary (15 July 2004). "Olympic Games preview at 60 kg/132 lbs. in men's freestyle". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ "Wrestling: Men's Freestyle 60kg". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ Τέταρτος ο Καρντάνοφ [Kardanov finished fourth] (in Greek). ANT1 Group. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 28 July 2014.