Iakob Kajaia (; born 28 September 1993) is a Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler.
Wrestling career Iakobi Kajaia competed in the men's Greco-Roman 130 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Sergey Semenov. He is a European bronze medallist (2018).
He lost his bronze medal match in the 130 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. He won one of the bronze medals in the 130kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.
The Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport has confirmed that Georgian wrestler Iakobi Kajaia committed an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) and sanctioned him with two years of ineligibility, as well as the disqualification of all results obtained from 6 January 2024.
Major results YearTournamentVenueResultEvent2014World ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan10thGreco-Roman 130 kg2015European GamesBaku, Azerbaijan5thGreco-Roman 130 kgWorld ChampionshipsLas Vegas, United States24thGreco-Roman 130 kg2016European ChampionshipsRiga, Latvia9thGreco-Roman 130 kgOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil7thGreco-Roman 130 kg2018European ChampionshipsKaspiysk, Russia3rdGreco-Roman 130 kg2019European ChampionshipsBucharest, Romania2ndGreco-Roman 130 kgEuropean GamesMinsk, Belarus1stGreco-Roman 130 kgWorld ChampionshipsNur-Sultan, Kazakhstan3rdGreco-Roman 130 kg2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan2ndGreco-Roman 130 kgWorld ChampionshipsOslo, Norway3rdGreco-Roman 130 kg2023European ChampionshipsZagreb, Croatia 3rdGreco-Roman 130kg
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External links
Iakobi Kajaia at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics (archived)