fullname coach show_medals club birth_place weight height birth_date article_title name style
irakli chochua villiam kharazov yes tshevardani tbilisi poti , georgian ssr , soviet union 55 kg lb 0 on 1.60 0 on 15 september 1979 irakli chochua
 irakli chochua greco-roman
irakli chochua

irakli chochua -lrb- ; born september 15 , 1979 in poti -rrb- is a retired amateur georgian greco-roman wrestler , who competed in the men 's featherweight category .
he claimed a silver medal in the 54-kg division at the 2001 european championships in istanbul , turkey , and later represented his nation georgia at the 2004 summer olympics .
chochua also trained for tshevardani wrestling club in tbilisi , under his personal coach villiam kharazov .
chochua qualified for the georgian wrestling squad in the men 's 55 kg class at the 2004 summer olympics in athens , by receiving a berth and placing fourth from the olympic qualification tournament in novi sad , serbia and montenegro .
he upset turkish wrestler and two-time olympian ercan yıldız with a striking 4 -- 1 decision on his opening bout , and then overpowered lithuania 's svajūnas adomaitis to earn a coveted spot in the quarterfinals .
fighting against ukraine 's oleksiy vakulenko in his knockout match , chochua could not score two more points to push him off the mat with a score 12 -- 14 , before he faced a fifth-place battle with cuba 's lázaro rivas and then fell short from the ring by a technical superiority rule .
