Shota Mishvelidze (Georgian: შოთა მიშველიძე; born 18 October 1994)[1] is a Georgian male weightlifter, and European Champion competing in the 62 kg category until 2018 and 61 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2] In 2021, he won the silver medal in the men's 61 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[3][4]
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| Nationality | Georgian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 October 1994 Kutaisi, Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60.98 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 61 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career edit
World Championships edit
He competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in the 62 kg division, winning a bronze medal in the total.[5] The competition was close as he was only 1 kg from the silver medalist Yoichi Itokazu and 2 kg from the gold medalist Francisco Mosquera.
European Championships edit
Mishvelidze competed at the men's 62 kg event at the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania, winning a silver medal in the snatch portion competition (134 kg), a gold medal in the clean and jerk portion (165 kg) and a gold medal for the total with (299 kg).[6]
Major results edit
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Representing Georgia
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| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2015 |  Houston, United States |
69 kg | 134 | 138 | 140 | 18 | 160 | 33 | 300 | 26 | ||
| 2017 | Anaheim, United States |
62 kg | 130 | 135 | 4 | 148 | 157 | 163 | 5 | 298 | 
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| 2018 |  Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
61 kg | 130 | 135 | 7 | 158 | 9 | 293 | 7 | |||
| 2019 |  Pattaya, Thailand |
61 kg | 130 | 135 | 4 | 152 | 16 | 287 | 7 | |||
| 2021 |  Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
61 kg | 126 | 131 |  |
150 | 155 | |
286 |
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| 2022 |  Bogotá, Colombia |
61 kg | 130 | 6 | 155 | 11 | 285 | 8 | ||||
| 2023 |  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
61 kg | 132 | 136 | |
156 | 161 | 13 | 297 | 4 | ||
| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2018 |  Bucharest, Romania |
62 kg | 129 | 134 | |
152 | 158 | 165 |  |
299 |
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| 2019 | Batumi, Georgia |
61 kg | 125 | 4 | 149 | 156 | |
281 | 4 | |||
| 2021 |  Moscow, Russia |
61 kg | 131 | 135 | |
155 | 5 | 290 |
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| 2022 |  Tirana, Albania |
67 kg | 135 | 139 | 142 | |
165 | |
307 |
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| 2023 |  Yerevan, Armenia |
61 kg | 129 | 133 | 136 | |
155 | 162 | |
298 |
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References edit
- ^ "2017 IWF World Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 61 kg
- ^ Oliver, Brian (9 December 2021). "South Korean teenager Shin stuns older rivals at IWF World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "8 winners for 9 medals in the Men's 62kg". IWF.net. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "2018 European Championships Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
External links edit
- Shota Mishvelidze at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Shota Mishvelidze at the International Weightlifting Results Project
- Shota Mishvelidze at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
- Shota Mishvelidze at Olympedia
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