Davit Khakhaleishvili
Z Judo
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Davit Xaxaleishvili
28.02.1971 Kutaisi
- He was big favourite for olympic games 1996 but unfortunately he came late for weigh-in procedure so he could not start. Problem was in comunication between Georgian Olympic Team and jury. They thought that weigh-in is in olympic hall but it was in olympic village.
- After Atlanta 1996 he was still frustrated by this administrative misunderstanding and result was that he quit with judo. He was 25 years old.
- Few months later he came back but only as Sambo player and won world championships two times.