Giorgi Vazagashvili (born 19 April 1974[1]) is a Georgian judoka. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he won a bronze medal in the men's Half Lightweight (–66 kg) category, together with Girolamo Giovinazzo of Italy. Vazagashvili was a silver medalist at the Tokyo 1995 World Championships, and a bronze medalist at Hamilton 1993 and Paris 1997. Two times European champion in Hague 1996 and Oostende 1997, silver medalist in Birmingham 1995 and bronze medalist in Bratislava 1999. He is World Junior Champion in Cairo 1994, in final he won against Tadahiro Nomura. European Junior Champion in Arnhem 1993. Vazagashvili is champion of international tournament in Tbilisi 1992, 1993, Moscow 1993, 1997, Prague 1996, Munich 1997, Warsaw 2000, bronze medalist in Paris 1995, bronze medalist Matsutaro Shoriki Cup Tokyo 1998.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 April 1974 (age 50) |
| Occupation | Judoka |
| Sport | |
| Country | Georgia |
| Sport | Judo |
| Weight class | –60 kg, –66 kg, –73 kg |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic Games |  (2000) |
| World Champ. | 
(1995) |
| European Champ. | 
(1996, 1997) |
Medal record | |
| Profile at external databases | |
| IJF | 8187 |
| JudoInside.com | 409 |
| Updated on 31 May 2023. | |
References edit
- ^ "JudoInside - Giorgi Vazagashvili Judoka". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
External links edit
- Giorgi Vazagashvili at the International Judo Federation
- Giorgi Vazagashvili at JudoInside.com
- Giorgi Vazagashvili at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Giorgi Vazagashvili at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Giorgi Vazagashvili at Olympedia
- Giorgi Vazagashvili at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Giorgi Vazagashvili at The-Sports.org
- Giorgi Vazagashvili on Facebook
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