David Khakhaleishvili
Olympic athlete
1971 –
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Who is David Khakhaleishvili?
David Khakhaleishvili is a retired heavyweight Georgian judoka, mixed martial artist and Olympic gold medalist.
He was expected to defend his heavyweight Olympic title at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, U.S. in a highly-anticipated match against the reigning world champion, David Douillet, but Khakhaleishvili and his coach went to the wrong location for weigh-ins and Khakhaleishvili was disqualified from the competition for failing to make weight.
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- Born
- Feb 28, 1971
Kutaisi - Also known as
- David Khakhaleichvili
- Nationality
- Georgia
- Lived in
- Kutaisi
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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