Born on 16.04.1972, Kvemopshavi, Gulripshi. Free-style wrestling (96 kg).

Two-fold World Champion (2002, 2003). Third-prize winner of the Olympic Games in Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000), Participant of the Olympic Games in Athens (2004, VIII place), five-fold European Champion (1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005), three-fold second-prize winner (1993, 1995, 2002) and a two-fold third-prize winner (1999, 2006), Twice second-prize winner (1995, 2005) and  third-prize winner (1999,2006) of the World Championships, European Champion among youth (1992), Winner of the Grant Prix of the Leipzig International Tournament. Manifold winner of the international tournaments in Krasnoyarsk, Kiev, Minsk, Tashkent, and Makhachkala. Nominated three times as the best athlete of Georgia (1996, 2002, 2003). Chevalier of the Vakhtang Gorgasali II and III class Orders.