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|---|---|
| Venue | Olympic Palace |
| Location | Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Dates | 24–26 March 2023 |
| Total prize money | €154,000 [1] |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | IJF • EJU • JudoInside |
The 2023 Judo Grand Slam Tbilisi was held at the Olympic Palace in Tbilisi, Georgia from 24 to 26 March 2023 as part of the IJF World Tour and during the 2024 Summer Olympics qualification period. [2] [3] [4]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (−60 kg) |  Turan Bayramov (AZE) |  Giorgi Sardalashvili (GEO) |  Magzhan Shamshadin (KAZ) |
 Artem Lesiuk (UKR) | |||
| Half-lightweight (−66 kg) |  Kubanychbek Aibek Uulu (KGZ) |  Yondonperenlein Baskhüü (MGL) | Bogdan Iadov (UKR) |
 Matteo Piras (ITA) | |||
| Lightweight (−73 kg) | Batzayagiin Erdenebayar (MGL) |  Obidkhon Nomonov (UZB) | Lasha Shavdatuashvili (GEO) |
 Salvador Cases (ESP) | |||
| Half-middleweight (−81 kg) |  Wachid Borchashvili (AUT) | Abylaikhan Zhubanazar (KAZ) |  Timo Cavelius (GER) |
 Victor Sterpu (MDA) | |||
| Middleweight (−90 kg) | Lasha Bekauri (GEO) | Luka Maisuradze (GEO) |  Goki Tajima (JPN) |
 Iván Felipe Silva Morales (CUB) | |||
| Half-heavyweight (−100 kg) | Ilia Sulamanidze (GEO) | Batkhuyagiin Gonchigsüren (MGL) |  Shady El Nahas (CAN) |
 Rafael Buzacarini (BRA) | |||
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) | Gela Zaalishvili (GEO) |  Münir Ertuğ (TUR) | Andy Granda (CUB) |
| Shokhrukhkhon Bakhtiyorov (UZB) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (−48 kg) |  Milica Nikolić (SRB) | Andrea Stojadinov (SRB) | Ganbaataryn Narantsetseg (MGL) |
| Abiba Abuzhakynova (KAZ) | |||
| Half-lightweight (−52 kg) | Diyora Keldiyorova (UZB) |  Distria Krasniqi (KOS) | Gultaj Mammadaliyeva (AZE) |
| Mascha Ballhaus (GER) | |||
| Lightweight (−57 kg) | Marica Perišić (SRB) | Nora Gjakova (KOS) | Veronica Toniolo (ITA) |
| Jessica Klimkait (CAN) | |||
| Half-middleweight (−63 kg) |  Lucy Renshall (GBR) | Laura Fazliu (KOS) |  Katharina Haecker (AUS) |
 Angelika Szymańska (POL) | |||
| Middleweight (−70 kg) |  Elisavet Teltsidou (GRE) |  Sanne van Dijke (NED) | Giovanna Scoccimarro (GER) |
| Martina Esposito (ITA) | |||
| Half-heavyweight (−78 kg) | Anna-Maria Wagner (GER) | Alice Bellandi (ITA) |  Inbar Lanir (ISR) |
| Yuliia Kurchenko (UKR) | |||
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) | Raz Hershko (ISR) |  Su Xin (CHN) | Xu Shiyan (CHN) |
| Karen Stevenson (NED) |
Source results: [4]
* Host nation (Georgia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia (GEO)* | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Serbia (SRB) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Mongolia (MGL) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Israel (ISR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Kosovo (KOS) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 17 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 21 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (26 entries) | 14 | 14 | 28 | 56 | |
The sums written are per medalist, bringing the total prizes awarded to €154,000. [1] (retrieved from: [2] )
| Medal | Total | Judoka | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | €5,000 | €4,000 | €1,000 |
 Silver | €3,000 | €2,400 | €600 |
 Bronze | €1,500 | €1,200 | €300 |
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