Bagrat Khutaba
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 February 1982 (age 44) |
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 115 kg (254 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Freestyle wrestling |
| Club | CSKA Moscow[1][2] |
| Coached by | Rashid Khutaba (father)[1] |
Bagrat Khutaba (Russian: Баграт Хутаба; born 10 February 1982) is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Abkhazia to the Syrian Arab Republic and a retired freestyle wrestler and the current Chairman of the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports of Abkhazia. Khutaba was appointed on 11 April 2015 by President Raul Khajimba — up until that point, Sports had been part of the Ministry for Education.[3]
Bagrat is the son of Rashid Khutaba, a heavyweight freestyle wrestler who won the European title in 1982. Coached by his father, Bagrat won a bronze medal at the 2001 Junior World Championships. At the time he studied and trained in Moscow and competed for Russia.[1] His younger brother Badzhgur is also an international heavyweight freestyle wrestler.[4]
