Zurabi Iakobishvili

Iakobishvili competed at his first senior European Championships at the 2016 Championships in Riga, where he placed fifth in the freestyle 65 kg event. He represented Georgia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio and competed in the men's freestyle 65 kg event, where he reached the quarterfinals and placed tenth.^[10][11] Iakobishvili placed third in the freestyle 65 kg event at the 2017 European Championships in Novi Sad and won the gold medal in the freestyle 65 kg event at the 2017 World Championships in Paris.^[12][13]

Iakobishvili switched to the 70 kg weight class for the 2018 European Championships in Kaspiysk, where he won a bronze medal.^[14] That same year, he won the gold medal in the freestyle 70 kg event at the Tbilisi Grand Prix and Poland Open.^[2] He placed third in the freestyle 70 kg event at the 2018 World Championships in Budapest.^[15] In 2019, he placed 13th at the European Championships in Bucharest and fifth at the World Championships in Nur-Sultan in the freestyle 70 kg.

In 2021, Iakobishvili won a bronze medal in the freestyle 70 kg event at the World Championships in Oslo.^[6][7] The following year, he won the gold medal in the freestyle 70 kg event at the European Championships in Budapest, and a bronze medal at the World Championships in Belgrade and the Yasar Dogu Tournament in Istanbul.^{[3][8][9][16]}

In 2022, Iakobishvili began coaching Norwegian freestyle wrestler Grace Bullen and coached her to a silver medal at the 2022 World Championships.^[17] Bullen won a silver medal at the 2023 European Championships and a bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships. Iakobishvili coached Bullen to a gold medal at the 2024 European Championships and a bronze medal in the women's freestyle 62 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[18][19] He became the head coach of the Norwegian female national wrestling team in October 2024.^[4][5]