Who said that foreign athletes, giant strongmen, crossfit and workout specialists are the coolest? No one belittles their merits, but we should not forget about our heroes, relatives. And with them, in the same row, are athletes from friendly countries, the former republics of the CIS, and among them one of the brightest stars is Goga Tupuria. The courageous “universal soldier of the Georgian spill” (as they like to call him in the media) is a vivid example of how fortitude and an incredible desire to get rid of diseases turned a frail boy into a “rock” man.
A professional trainer and massage therapist, a knowledgeable instructor of many strength sports, batono Goga is also a successful blogger. Every day his fans visit Instagram and VK account of their idol, open a youtube channel hoping to see new exciting videos, admire the achievements of the Georgian athlete.
Official data
- Surname , name, patronymic: Tupuria, Goga Gochaevich;
- Place of birth: Russian Federation, St. Petersburg;
- Date of birth: 1990, January 2;
- Zodiac sign: Capricorn; according to the Eastern calendar – White Metal Horse;
- Height and weight: 168 cm, about 64 kg;
- Education: graduate of the National State University of Physical Education, Health and Sports named after P. F. Lesgaft (St. Petersburg);
- Occupation: athlete, coach, blogger, official brand ambassador of myprotein ru;
- Marital status, children: married, wife – Ekaterina Galushka; has a daughter Lika (year of birth – 2015).
Life before sports
Where exactly was Goga Tupuria born: literally all biographies indicate his place of birth – Georgia, but it is not. The athlete himself said in an interview that he was born in Russia, in St. Petersburg. There is information that Goga has a brother, Heraclius.
2004 Goge is 14 years old
Talking about how painful the “goal” was in childhood, the Georgian universal soldier is very fond of in the media: problems with the femoral neck (bone destruction), strabismus, a serious head injury – a whole bunch of ailments was at a schoolboy. And the guy also had a wild desire to become healthy, strong and engage in full-fledged physical education.
at 17
In an interview on the youtube channel “Once at a Time” a glimpse of Goga's photo is shown, where he is a student at a medical college: while it is difficult to guess in the photo in the thin young man of the future a strong man, but he no longer looks like a disabled person of the second group (and he had a disability in childhood). General practice nurse – Tupuria received this specialty at college, worked in the profile, but continued to study in medical. the university did not go.
2010 (army)
“I did internships in morgues for children and adults, in dormitories, in hospices, and a lot of negativity accumulated. The medical profession must be loved madly – the first. Second: our doctors are not paid adequately! It’s a shame when a person is rewarded for heresy, and boys and girls doctors do the impossible, and no one appreciates them, ”from Goga’s revelations why he entered a sports university, and not a medical one.
The path to the big sports, sports and blogging achievements
Admission to a sports university in St. Petersburg – this is the path chosen by a medical graduate after working in his specialty. “Fizruk I!” – Goga says artlessly when asked what is written in his diploma.
2013
By that time, the young man had already got rid of his illnesses, received several awards at sports competitions in the city and the region. “I trained, waved with the guys, flew, of course, sometimes powerfully,” from his revelations about his youth. “The ardor when you are rigidly“ unwound ”is gone. I wanted to train professionally, and then show the results in a buzz, so that it would be fun and spectacular, ”from the athlete’s story of how he came to his current activity.
A gym instructor diploma, a certificate for the right to work as a classical and sports masseur are a few more documents that Goga Tupuria added to his university education. His wards in the St. Petersburg sports center “Alex Fitness” said that the Georgian is a demanding and strict coach, he squeezed all the juice out of his clients. But an athlete does not spare himself either when he arranges another tough “persimmon” or goes to a serious sports battle, and then posts it on the Internet.
- Neck combo with a 32 kg kettlebell on uneven bars;
- Power extreme with an iron pipe (90 kilos) and pancakes of 40 kg each;
- Exercises with the “silent citizen Snezhana” (tire weighing 255 kilos):
Goga Tupuria and Viktor Blud
these are some spectacular demonstrations of the power of a versatile athlete from a long list of his achievements. Goga Tupuria, despite the fact that he gives the impression of an aggressive strong man, is in fact a kind-hearted person. “Evil sometimes wins, unfortunately, but try to be kinder and the world will be a better place,” he urges fans on the Internet. To haters who write inadequate and negative comments to the athlete, he says: “Man, well, if you don’t like what I do, unsubscribe!” Regarding the aggression against him, he spoke: “There is a certain algorithm of life – not to pay attention to the negative in your direction. Everything that I have achieved has happened on a positive wave.”
About personal
In this regard, the Georgian athlete is fine. He is married to a wonderful young woman Ekaterina, the couple grows a wonderful miracle, a wonderful marvel – a blond beauty named Lika. According to the VK account of Katya Galushka, one can understand that the spouses live in complete harmony and love. Ekaterina's profile is full of photos of her husband and daughter, the family loves to spend time together, travel.
Goga Tupuria with his wife
Interesting facts
with her daughter
- “Probably, I’m the wrong Georgian: I don’t know Georgian dances, I don’t drink wine, I don’t like meat. I forget national traditions, for which I regularly receive moral cuffs from my father and mother, and rightly so! – Goga said with a laugh in an interview for the One at a Time channel.
- “But I love khachapuri, especially Imereti ones!” – details of the culinary preferences of the athlete Tupuria. His wife also loves Georgian cuisine, her VK account has a photo of a dish full of khinkali and the caption: “My personal drug!”
- The athlete regularly visits his historical homeland, he has a huge number of relatives in Georgia. “True, I don’t know the language perfectly, and when I go there, I try not to open my mouth too much, I’m embarrassed,” Goga confessed.
- An amazing fact: a strong athlete turns out to be practically a vegan! According to him, a man does not like the taste of meat, and at the age of six he already told his mother that he did not like meat. He eats fish, very rarely he can eat a piece of chicken for company.
