Mikhail Mamiashvili

Mikhail Mamiashvili
Medal record
Competitor for the  Soviet Union
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Olympic Games
Gold 1988 Seoul Middleweight
World Championships
Gold 1983 Kiev Middleweight
Gold 1985 Kolbotn Middleweight
Gold 1986 Budapes Middleweight
Silver 1989 Martigny Middleweight
Silver 1990 Ostia Middleweight
European Championships
Gold 1986 Piraeus Welterweight
Gold 1988 Kolbotn Middleweight
Gold 1989 Oulu Middleweight

Mikhail Mamiashvili (born 1963 in Konotop, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian wrestler. He won an Olympic gold medal in [Greco-Roman wrestling] in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, competing for the Soviet Union. 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]

References

  1. "Mikhail Mamiashvili". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 April 2012."Mikhail Mamiashvili".