Tornike Guramovich Kvitatiani - master of sports in freestyle wrestling, singer and actor. Multiple winner and prize winner of Russian and international tournaments, winner of the Alrosa Cup. Member of the fifth season of the show "Voice".
Tornike Kvitatiani is well known to lovers of freestyle wrestling. He was a member of the country's Olympic team, has repeatedly participated in Russian and international competitions. In addition, Tornike has excellent vocal skills, which he demonstrated in the music show "Voice" on Channel One.
Facts from the biography
Tornike Guramovich was born in the summer of 1992 in Abkhazia. In the same year, the family moved to a permanent residence in the capital. The reason for leaving the hometown was the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict that began in 1992.
From childhood Tornike was fond of sports. He liked football, but freestyle wrestling was especially attractive. When Tornike was seven years old, his parents decided to send him to a sports school. Classes were held far from home. Mom constantly drove the child to and from training, spending several hours on the road and waiting for the boy at the gym.
Later, the family moved to the suburbs, it became even more difficult to go to training. But thanks to his mother, Tornike continued to study. She again went with him to the city, spending four hours on the road, waiting near the sports complex until the end of the training.
Father Tornike passed away early. The boy was only nine years old when he was gone. The mother was engaged in the further education of her son and youngest daughter.
Sports career
In his school years, Tornike continued to train hard. Soon he became a member of the sports club CSKA. The boy who had high hopes was offered to settle in a sports boarding school. He happily agreed. Now there was no need to spend several hours a day traveling to the gym.
Already in 2011, Kvitatiani won the bronze medal of the youth championship of Russia in freestyle wrestling. Soon he joined the Olympic team and began performing at international tournaments. Tornike was preparing hard to participate in the 2016 Olympics, but was seriously injured and was unable to go to the competition.
Currently, Tornike continues to train. He is going to participate in the 2020 Olympics.
Music career
Tornike's main occupation is sports, but in his life has always been a favorite hobby - music. He loved in the evening, after hard training, to pick up a guitar and sing while in the family circle.
Like many representatives of Georgian nationality, Tornike has an excellent ear for music, voice and a sense of rhythm.
The young man became interested in music early. He himself learned to play the guitar and national instruments. However, he never imagined that music would become for him not only a hobby, but also a professional activity.
In 2016, Tornike hit the famous Voice show. Shortly before that, he was seriously injured and was in the hospital. On the Internet, he saw that casting was announced for the new season of the music contest. Therefore, for the sake of curiosity, he sent a recording of his song to the casting.
Friends told Tornike many times that he tried his hand at the competition, and now the case finally turned up. When a few months later they called him and said that he had passed the preliminary selection, Tornike was very surprised. He decided not to give up such an opportunity.
The singer’s beautiful voice literally captivated the mentors and spectators at the blind auditions of “Voices”. As a result, Kvitatiani joined the team of D. Bilan and reached the quarter finals of the competition.
Further participation of Tornike in the show was impossible. He had to prepare for the competition. The audience really wanted to see and listen to him further. But Bilan decided to release Tornike so that he could take part in the Russian Championship.
After the show, Kvatatiani said that he was very surprised that he could go so far in the competition, because he is not a professional singer. After “Voices”, Tornike decided that he would take the time to seriously engage in musical preparation and begin taking vocal lessons.
