Beka Gviniashvili

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Beka Gviniashvili
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Personal information
NationalityGeorgian
Born (1995-10-26) 26 October 1995 (age 25)
Georgia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Sport
Country Georgia
SportJudo
Weight class–90 kg

Beka Gviniashvili (born 26 October 1995) is a Georgian judoka who became European Junior Champion in 2013, 2014, and 2015 and won the World Junior Championships in 2013 in Ljubljana and in 2015 in Abu Dhabi and EYOF in 2011. He also became the U23 European Championship in 2016 in Tel Aviv. With the Georgian Juniors, he won the World and European titles. He is a promising rising judoka. He placed 5th at the 2015 World Judo Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan after losing in the bronze medal final against one of his colleagues Varlam Liparteliani. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's -100 kg category where he placed 7th. He took bronze at the 2017 European Judo Championships U90kg. He is currently the World No. 2 in -90 kg men's category.[citation needed]

In 2021, he won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[2][3]

References[]

  1. ^ Baku 2015 1st European Games - Athletes - Beka GVINIASHVILI
  2. ^ "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  3. ^ Gillen, Nancy (13 January 2021). "Riner brings IJF World Judo Masters to conclusion with heavyweight gold medal". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

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