Levan Berianidze
Personal information
NationalityGeorgian
Armenian
Born (1990-10-10) 10 October 1990
Tbilisi, Georgia
Height1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Weight120 kg (260 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Representing  Armenia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 Paris125 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 Novi Sad125 kg
Representing  Georgia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2010 Moscow120 kg

Levan Berianidze (Georgian: ლევან ბერიანიძე; born 10 October 1990 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian-Armenian male freestyle wrestler. He won a bronze medal for Georgia at the 2010 World Wrestling Championships in Moscow. In 2011 he won the gold medal in Beach Wrestling. On 26 November 2014, Berianidze was given Armenian citizenship and freed from service in the Armenian army.[1] Berianidze competed for Armenia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. He won a bronze medal for Armenia at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships in Paris and in European Wrestling Championship in Serbia. Besides, Levan won the European Sumo Championship in 2013 in Germany and got a silver medal at the 2014 European Sumo Championship in Bulgaria.

References

  1. "Грузинского борца-вольника освободили от службы в армянской армии" (in Russian). apsny.g. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
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