Beka Melelashvili

2025-26 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 82 kg/180.7 pounds

Years on Team USA: 1 (2025-26)

Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo.

Regional Training Center: New York AC

Club: New York AC

Born: January 8, 2002

Senior World Teams 

2025 Senior Worlds (19th at 82 kg)

Age-Group World Teams

2025 U23 Worlds (11th at 92 kg), 2024 U23 Worlds (Silver at 82 kg), 2022 U23 Worlds (Fifth at 87 kg with Georgia)

Career Highlights 

• 2025 Senior World Team member
• 2024 U23 World silver medalist
• U.S. Open champion
• 2025 Senior Pan American champion
• 2024 U23 Pan American silver medalist

Career Biography

2026: Placed fifth at Zagreb Open Ranking Series event in Croatia

2025: Placed 19th at World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia … Placed fifth at U23 World Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia … Gold medalist at Pan American Championships in Monterrey, Mexico … Placed fifth at Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial Ranking Series Event in Budapest, Hungary … U.S. Open champion

2024: Silver medalist at U23 World Championships in Tirana, Albania … Silver medalist at U23 Pan American Championships in Rio Negro, Colombia … Silver medalist at Druskininkai Cup in Lithuania … Bronze medalist at Valamar Cup in Porec, Croatia … Placed third at World Team Trials

2022 (for Georgia): Placed fifth at U23 World Championships in Pontevedra, Spain … Silver medalist at Druskininkai Cup in Lithuania

USA Wrestling Age-Group: 2024 U23 Nationals champion