Zviad Gogotchuri
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Full name | Zviad Gogotchuri | ||||||||||||||||
Born | 30 October 1986 | ||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||
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Zviad Gogotchuri (Georgian: ზვიად გოგოჭური, born 30 October 1986) is a visually impaired Georgian Paralympic judoka. He won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the 90 kg category. This marked his and Georgia's inaugural Paralympic medal.[1]
After arriving to Japan for the 2021 Summer Paralympics, he was arrested for assaulting a security guard at a Tokyo hotel on 16 August 2021.[2]
References[]
- ^ Paralympic medal tally rio2016.com Retrieved on 19 September 2016
- ^ Paralympian from Georgia arrested over assault at Tokyo hotel. Mainichi. 16 August 2021
External links[]
- Zviad Gogotchuri at the International Judo Federation
- Zviad Gogotchuri at JudoInside.com
Categories:
- Judoka at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Georgia (country)
- Living people
- 1986 births
- Male judoka from Georgia (country)
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in judo
- European judo biography stubs
- Georgia (country) martial arts biography stubs