Emzarios Bentinidis

Georgian wrestler (born 1975)
Emzarios Bentinidis
Medal record
Representing  Georgia
Men's wrestling
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Tampere 69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2000 Tampere 69 kg

Emzarios Bentinidis (born Emzar Bedineishvili on August 16, 1975 in Tbilisi) is a male freestyle wrestler from Georgia. He represented Georgia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and Greece in the 2004 Summer Olympics. Representing Greece, he also participated in Men's freestyle 74 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. He lost in the quarterfinal to Soslan Tigiev from Uzbekistan.

He won a bronze medal at 2008 European Wrestling Championships. He is currently the coach of India wrestler Bajrang Punia who won a bronze medal at Tokyo 2020.[1]

References

  1. ^ Bajrang Punia's coach Shako upbeat about upcoming US stint sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 5 August 2021

External links

  • Wrestler bio on beijing2008.com
  • Emzarios Bentinidis at the International Wrestling DatabaseEdit on Wikidata
  • Emzarios Bentinidis at OlympediaEdit on Wikidata
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  • 69 kg: 1997–2001
  • 66 kg: 2002–2013
  • 65 kg: 2014–present


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