Leri Khabelov OLY (Georgian: ლერი ხაბელოვი, Russian: Лери Габрелович Хабелов) (born 5 July 1964) is a Georgian politician and a retired wrestler, formerly a Soviet Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. In 2012, he was elected to the Parliament of Georgia on a ticket of the Georgian Dream party.
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's freestyle wrestling | ||
Olympic Games
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Representing  Unified Team
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1992 Barcelona | 100 kg |
Representing  Soviet Union
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1988 Seoul | 100 kg |
| World Championships | ||
| Representing Soviet Union
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1985 Budapest | 100 kg |
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1987 Clermont-Ferrand | 100 kg |
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1990 Tokyo | 100 kg |
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1991 Varna | 100 kg |
| World Championships | ||
Representing  Russia
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1993 Toronto | 100 kg |
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1995 Atlanta | 130 kg |
Sport career
editAn ethnic Ossetian,[1] Leri Khabelov was born in Tbilisi, then-Soviet Georgia in 1964. His achievements included being the Champion of the XXV Olympic Games (1992 Barcelona), second-prize winner of the XXIV Olympic Games (1988 Seoul), five-fold World Champion (1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993) and third-prize winner (1995), four-fold European Champion (1985, 1987, 1988, 1992), winner of the World Cup (1991), World Champion among boys (1982)and youths (1983), three-fold Champion of the USSR (1985, 1987, 1988), Champion of the IX USSR Peoples Spartaciads (1986). From 1993 to 1996, he contested for the Russian Federation. For his contribution to the sports, he has been granted the title of Honored Master of Sports by the Soviet Union and the Vakhtang Gorgasali Order, 2nd Class, and the Order of Honor by Georgia.[2] He has been a vice-president of the Georgian National Olympic Committee from 2000 to 2007 and deputy chairman of the Sports Department of Georgia from 1998 to 2004.[3] Khabelov is the President of the Georgian National Olympic Association and National Olympians Association.[4]
Political career
editLeri Khabelov became involved in the Georgian politics in 2008, when he ran, unsuccessfully, in the parliamentary election on a ticket of the opposition Republican Party of Georgia .[5] In 2012, he joined the new opposition party Georgian Dream spearheaded by the tycoon Bidzina Ivanishvili. He was elected to the Parliament in the October 1, 2012 election and became a chairman of the parliamentary Committee for Sport and Youth Affairs on October 21, 2012.[6]
References
edit- ^ Ossetian to Carry Georgian Flag at Olympics. Civil Georgia. August 4, 2004.
- ^ Leri Khabelovi. Georgian National Olympic Committee. Accessed October 21, 2012.
- ^ (in Georgian) ხაბელოვი ლერი. Olympics Club of Georgia. Accessed October 21, 2012.
- ^ "OLY movement continues to grow worldwide".
- ^ The first 50 persons in the Republican Party’s list of MP candidates. Civil Georgia. April 21, 2008.
- ^ Parliamentary Committees Chairpersons Elected. Civil Georgia. October 21, 2012.
External links
edit- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leri Khabelov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.