Eldar Kurtanidze

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Olympic medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Bronze 2000 Sydney 98 kg
Bronze 1996 Atlanta 90 kg

Eldar Kurtanidze, also known as Luka Kurtanidze (born April 16, 1972) is a Georgian wrestler. He has been a senior professional freestyle wrestler since 1992. He was a bronze medallist in both the Men's Freestyle 90 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics and also Men's Freestyle 97 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated early. In addition to his Olympic bronzes, he has two gold medals, two silver medals, and one bronze medal from the FILA Senior World Championships. He has received five gold medals, three silver medals, and two bronze medals from the FILA Senior European Championships. In 2006 he raised his weight to compete in the 120 kg class. He made his mixed martial arts debut at the Pride Fighting Championships show on December 31, 2006 against veteran MMA fighter and former amateur wrestler Kazuyuki Fujita. He was defeated via submission (strikes) at 2:09 of round 1.

Senior wrestling international competition medals and rankings received:

2006

September 25: World Championship, 120 kg = 10th place

June 23: Golden Grand Prix, 120 kg = Bronze

April 29: European Championship, 120 kg = Bronze

March 11-12: Uzbekistan Independence Cup Golden Grand Prix, 120 kg = Bronze

2005

September 26: World Championship, 96 kg = Silver

April 12: European Championship, 96 kg = Gold

2004

August 26: Olympic Games, 96 kg = 8th place

2003

November 9: FILA Absolute Championship, 96 kg = 5th place

September 12: World Championship, 90 kg = Gold

May 1: European Championship, 96 kg = 5th place

2002

September 5: World Championship, 96 kg = Gold

May 1: European Championship, 96 kg = Silver

2001

November 22: World Championship, 97 kg = 5th place

April 19: European Championship, 97 kg = Gold

2000

September 28: Olympic Games, 97 kg = Bronze

April 6: European Championship, 97 kg = 9th place

1999

October 7: World Championship, 97 kg = 6th place

April 15: European Championship, 97 kg = Bronze

1998

September 7: World Championship, 97 kg = 6th place

May 7: European Championship, 97 kg = Gold

1997

August 29: World Championship, 97 kg = Bronze

May 06: European Championship, 97 kg = Gold

1996

July 30: Olympic Games, 90 kg = Bronze

March 21: European Championship, 90 kg = Gold

1995

August 10: World Championship, 90 kg = 8th place

January 01: European Championship, 90 kg = Silver

1994

August 24: World Championship, 90 kg = 10th place

April 08: European Championship, 90 kg = 6th place

1993

August 25: World Championship, 90 kg = Silver

January 01: European Championship, 90 kg = Silver


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