- Luka Kurtanidze
Eldar Kurtanidze, also known as Luka Kurtanidze (born
April 16 ,1972 ) is a Georgian wrestler. He has been a senior professional freestyle wrestler since 1992. He was a bronze medallist in both the Men's Freestyle 90 kg at the1996 Summer Olympics and also Men's Freestyle 97 kg at the2000 Summer Olympics . He also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated early. In addition to his Olympic bronzes, he has two gold medals, two silver medals, and one bronze medal from the FILA Senior World Championships. He has received five gold medals, three silver medals, and two bronze medals from the FILA Senior European Championships. In 2006 he raised his weight to compete in the 120 kg class. He made hismixed martial arts debut at thePride Fighting Championships show on December 31, 2006 against veteran MMA fighter and former amateur wrestlerKazuyuki Fujita . He was defeated via submission (strikes) at 2:09 of round 1.Senior wrestling international competition medals and rankings received:
2008
June 27: Golden Grand Prix, 120 = 7th place
2007
March 22: World Cup, 96 kg = 4th place
2006
September 25: World Championship, 120 kg = 10th place
June 23: Golden Grand Prix, 120 kg = Bronze
April 29: European Championship, 120 kg = Bronze
March 11-12: Uzbekistan Independence Cup Golden Grand Prix, 120 kg = Bronze
2005
September 26: World Championship, 96 kg = Silver
April 12: European Championship, 96 kg = Gold
2004
August 26: Olympic Games, 96 kg = 8th place
2003
November 09: FILA Absolute Championship, 96 kg = 5th place
September 12: World Championship, 90 kg = Gold
May 01: European Championship, 96 kg = 5th place
2002
September 5: World Championship, 96 kg = Gold
May 01: European Championship, 96 kg = Silver
2001
November 22: World Championship, 97 kg = 5th place
April 19: European Championship, 97 kg = Gold
2000
September 28: Olympic Games, 97 kg = Bronze
April 06: European Championship, 97 kg = 9th place
1999
October 07: World Championship, 97 kg = 6th place
April 15: European Championship, 97 kg = Bronze
1998
September 07: World Championship, 97 kg = 6th place
May 07: European Championship, 97 kg = Gold
1997
August 29: World Championship, 97 kg = Bronze
May 06: European Championship, 97 kg = Gold
1996
July 30: Olympic Games, 90 kg = Bronze
March 21: European Championship, 90 kg = Gold
1995
August 10: World Championship, 90 kg = 8th place
January 01: European Championship, 90 kg = Silver
1994
August 24: World Championship, 90 kg = 10th place
April 08: European Championship, 90 kg = 6th place
1993
August 25: World Championship, 90 kg = Silver
January 01: European Championship, 90 kg = Silver
External links
* [http://www.fightagenda.ch/fr/fighters/detail.asp?ID=2916 pro profile]
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KURTAELD01 dataOlympics profile]
* [http://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrest/start.php FILA profile]
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