Arsen Mek'ok'ishvili
![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born | 12 April 1912 Georgitsminda, Sagarejo Municipality, Georgia, Russian Empire[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 9 March 1972 (aged 59) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Freestyle wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Tbilisi[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Arsen Mek'ok'ishvili (Georgian: არსენ მეკოკიშვილი; 12 April 1912 – 9 March 1972) was a Georgian heavyweight freestyle wrestler. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1952 and a world title in 1954.[1][2][3]
Mek'ok'ishvili took up wrestling following his father, a local champion in chidaoba, and in 1934 won the Georgian chidaoba championship. Later around 1939 he changed to sambo and freestyle wrestling, and won the Soviet titles in sambo in 1940 and 1947–52 and in freestyle wrestling in 1945–46, 1948–53 and 1956. Between 1945 and 1954, he lost only one bout, to Johannes Kotkas. After retiring from competitions Mek'ok'ishvili worked as a wrestling coach in Georgia. He died in Moscow as a result of a car accident.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Arsen Mek'ok'ishvili". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ a b Grigory Chernevich, ed. (2003). Dynamo. Encyclopedia. OLMA Media Group. p. 40. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.
- ^ Valery Steinbach, ed. (2017). Great Olympic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. A–N. LitRes. p. 705. ISBN 978-5-04-049810-9.
External links
- Arsen Mek'ok'ishvili at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Arsen Mek'ok'ishvili at Olympedia
- Arsen Mek'ok'ishvili at Olympics.com
- v
- t
- e
- 1904
Bernhoff Hansen (USA)
- 1908
Con O'Kelly (GBR)
- 1920
Robert Roth (SUI)
- 1924
Harry Steel (USA)
- 1928
Johan Richthoff (SWE)
- 1932
Johan Richthoff (SWE)
- 1936
Kristjan Palusalu (EST)
- 1948
Gyula Bóbis (HUN)
- 1952
Arsen Mekokishvili (URS)
- 1956
Hamit Kaplan (TUR)
- 1960
Wilfried Dietrich (EUA)
- 1964
Aleksandr Ivanitsky (URS)
- 1968
Aleksandr Medved (URS)
- 1972
Ivan Yarygin (URS)
- 1976
Ivan Yarygin (URS)
- 1980
Ilya Mate (URS)
- 1984
Lou Banach (USA)
- 1988
Vasile Pușcașu (ROM)
- 1992
Leri Khabelov (EUN)
- 1996
Kurt Angle (USA)
- 2000
Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)
- 2004
Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS)
- 2008
Shirvani Muradov (RUS)
- 2012
Jake Varner (USA)
- 2016
Kyle Snyder (USA)
- 2020
Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS)
- 1904: +71.67 kg
- 1908: +73 kg
- 1920: +82.5 kg
- 1924–1960: +87 kg
- 1964–1968: +97 kg
- 1972–1996: 100 kg
- 2000: 97 kg
- 2004–2012: 96 kg
- 2016–present: 97 kg
![]() ![]() | This article about a Soviet Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
![]() ![]() | This biographical article relating to a Georgian sport wrestler or wrestling coach is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e