 Modzmanashvili at the 2018 Asian Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Davit Modzmanashvili | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Georgian Uzbekistani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 November 1986 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Alim Khikmatov[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Davit Modzmanashvili (Georgian: დავით მოძმანაშვილი) (born 13 July 1986) is a heavyweight freestyle wrestler from Georgia who since 2017 competes for Uzbekistan.
He placed third at the 2011 World Championships.[3][4][5]
After winning a European title in 2008, Modzmanashvili tested positive for a banned substance. He was stripped of his gold medal and received a two-year suspension.[2]
Modzmanashvili initially won on a silver medal for Georgia at the 2012 Olympics. However, in January 2019, he tested positive for a prohibited substance of dehydrochlormethyltestosterone after stored samples from the 2012 Olympics were re-analysed. He was subsequently stripped of his Olympic silver medal and banned for 6 years.[6][7]
