fullname coach show_medals club birth_place weight height birth_date article_title name style
aleksi modebadze zaza turmanidze yes shevardeni tbilisi tbilisi , georgian ssr , soviet union 115 kg lb 0 on 1.91 0 on 21 february 1978 alex modebadze
 alex modebadze freestyle
alex modebadze

aleksi `` alex '' modebadze -lrb- ; born february 21 , 1978 in tbilisi -rrb- is a retired amateur georgian freestyle wrestler , who competed in the men 's super heavyweight category .
he represented his nation georgia in two editions of the olympic games -lrb- 2000 and 2004 -rrb- , and later claimed three career medals at the european championships .
modebadze also trained for shevardeni wrestling club in tbilisi under his personal coach zaza turmanidze .
modebadze made his official debut at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney , where he competed in the men 's super heavyweight division -lrb- 130 kg -rrb- .
he eclipsed greece 's efstathios topalidis on his opening bout with a striking effort , but could not pin iranian wrestler and 1999 world champion abbas jadidi into the ring without collecting a single point .
finishing second in the prelim pool and tenth in the overall rankings , modebadze fell short to earn a spot for the quarterfinals .
at the 2004 summer olympics in athens , modebadze qualified for his second georgian squad in the men 's 120 kg class by receiving a berth and achieving a top eight finish from the 2003 world wrestling championships in new york city , new york , united states .
modebadze managed to score a single triumph over hungary 's ottó aubéli with a five-point advantage , but he was thrown powerfully by russian wrestler and 1997 world champion kuramagomed kuramagomedov in overtime to end his olympic campaign with a second-place effort in the prelim pool and fourteenth in the overall rankings .
