25 Facts About Geno Petriashvili

Geno Petriashvili is a Georgian heavyweight freestyle wrestler.

Geno Petriashvili is European champion in 2016 and 2020 and world champion in 2017,2018 and 2019, as well as a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, a silver medal 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and gold medal 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

Geno Petriashvili was released from captivity by the police after 3 months, 25 November 2005.

Geno Petriashvili then won his first international title in the 100 kg weight category at the 2011 European Cadets Wrestling Championships in Warsaw.

Geno Petriashvili won there ahead of Ruslan Gadzhiyev from Azerbaijan.

In 2012, Geno Petriashvili suffered a disappointment at the 2012 European Juniors Wrestling Championships in Zagreb, where he only finished 10th in the heavyweight category.

Geno Petriashvili won the same medal a few months later at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest.

In 2014 Geno Petriashvili became 2014 European Juniors Wrestling Championships champion in Katowice.

Geno Petriashvili defeated Yunus Emre Dede from Turkey in the final.

Geno Petriashvili served a six-months suspension in 2014 after testing positive for the non-performance enhancing Preductal, which Petriashvili had been taking regularly since being kidnapped as a child.

Geno Petriashvili won the same medal at 2015 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas in September 2015.

Geno Petriashvili then defeated Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat from Mongolia in the bronze medal match.

In March 2016, Geno Petriashvili won his first senior international championship title at 2016 European Wrestling Championships in Riga, he defeated multiple world champion Taha Akgul from Turkey on points in his first fight in the heavyweight category.

Geno Petriashvili defeated Daniel Ligeti from Hungary, Alen Zasieiev and Robert Baran from Poland in the final fight, whom he even shouldered.

Geno Petriashvili represented the colours of Georgia at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Geno Petriashvili suffered a very narrow defeat against Komeil Ghasemi from Iran with the score tied at 4:4.

Geno Petriashvili then won another bronze medal with victories over Korey Jarvis from Canada and Tervel Dlagnev from the United States.

Geno Petriashvili defeated Anzor Khizriev of Russia, Korey Jarvis, Levan Berianidze of Armenia and Olympic champion Taha Akgul of Turkey on the way to this success.

Three months later, Geno Petriashvili became 2017 U23 World Wrestling Championships in Bydgoszcz.

Geno Petriashvili lost this fight narrowly with 1:2 and therefore only came in 2nd place at this European Championship.

Geno Petriashvili won over Daniel Ligeti, Hungary, Anzor Khizriev, Russia, Parviz Hadi, Iran and in the final over Deng Zhiwei from China, whom he beat safely with 6:0 techn.

At 2019 World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan Geno Petriashvili faced Taha Akgul again in the final.

At 2020 European Wrestling Championships in Rome, Geno Petriashvili became European Champion for the second time after 2016.

Geno Petriashvili won one of the bronze medals in the men's 125kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.

Geno Petriashvili won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 125kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.