Mikhail Mamiashvili

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Mikhail Mamiashvili
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Mamiashvili in 2013
Medal record
Men's wrestling (Greco-Roman)
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Middleweight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1983 Kiev Middleweight
Gold medal – first place 1985 Kolbotn Middleweight
Gold medal – first place 1986 Budapes Middleweight
Silver medal – second place 1989 Martigny Middleweight
Silver medal – second place 1990 Ostia Middleweight
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1986 Piraeus Welterweight
Gold medal – first place 1988 Kolbotn Middleweight
Gold medal – first place 1989 Oulu Middleweight

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. He is vice President United World Wrestling

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.[1]

He currently chairs and the President of the Wrestling Federation of Russia.

References

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