Avtandil Kentchadze
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| Nationality | Georgian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 22, 1995 Ambrolauri, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb)-74kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Olympic Training Center, Tbilisi Wrestling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Giorgi Gogshelidze | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Avtandil Kentchadze (Georgian: ავთანდილ კენჭაძე; born December 22, 1995) is a Georgian wrestler who won a silver medal at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships.[1]
Career
Kentchadze also captured a bronze medal at both the U23 Senior European Championships in 2018 and U23 senior World Champions held in 2017.[2] In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3] He competed in the men's 74 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
In 2025, Georgian wrestler Avtandil Kentchadze was sanctioned after testing positive for the prohibited substance clomifene. The positive results came from two in-competition samples collected on 31 October 2024 during the Senior World Championships and on 13 January 2025 during the 2025 Georgian National Wrestling Championships. The International Testing Agency (ITA), acting on behalf of United World Wrestling (UWW), imposed a 20-month period of ineligibility from 25 May 2025 until 24 January 2027, while his competitive results from 31 October 2024 to 4 September 2025 were disqualified.[4]
References
- ^ "Sidakov Stuns Burroughs and Chamizo; Deng Notches One for China | Drupal". unitedworldwrestling.org (in French). Retrieved 2018-10-21.
His finals compatriot, Avtandil KENTCHADZE, 22, breezed through the semifinals, earning a chest lock and fall in the second period against 2018 European Champion Soner DEMIRTAS.
- ^ "International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
- ^ "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ "The ITA reports that wrestler Avtandil Kentchadze has been sanctioned with a 20-month period of ineligibility". International Testing Agency. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
External links
- Avtandil Kentchadze at United World Wrestling
- Avtandil Kentchadze at the International Wrestling Database
- Avtandil Kentchadze at Olympics.com
- Avtandil Kentchadze at Olympedia