Vladimer Khinchegashvili (; born April 18, 1991) is a Georgian freestyle wrestler who competes in 55âÂÂ61 kg categories. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics and a gold at the 2016 Olympics. He also won a world title in 2015 and European titles in 2014, 2016 and 2017. In 2015, he was selected as Male Georgian Athlete of the Year by the Georgian Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs.
In politics, he is a current member of the Parliament of Georgia for the Georgian Dream party, having begun serving in 2024 during the 11th Parliament. He previously served as the Mayor of Gori Municipality from 2021 to 2024.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Khinchegashvili beat Ibrahim Farag in the first round, before beating Radoslav Velikov, Amit Kumar and Shinichi Yumoto. In the Olympic final, he lost to Dzhamal Otarsultanov.
Following his medal at the 2012 Olympics, Khinchegashvili won silver at the 2014 World Championships. Khinchegashvili followed this by winning the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships. That year, he and Belarusian wrestler, Vladislav Andreev, were disqualified from the European Games, after their semifinal match descended into a brawl.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Khinchegashvili received a bye in the first round, before beating Nurislam Sanayev in the second round. He beat Haji Aliyev and Vladimir Dubov before beating Rei Higuchi to win Olympic gold.
In 2017, he won a bronze medal at the World Championships.
He received the Presidential Order of Excellence in 2018.
Khinchegashvili signed with Real American Freestyle (RAF) in 2026, and debuted against Bo Bassett at RAF 07.