Beka Gviniashvili

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Beka Gviniashvili
Beka-Gviniashvili.jpg
Personal information
Born (1995-10-26) 26 October 1995 (age 28)
Georgia
Occupation Judoka
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Sport
CountryFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Sport Judo
Weight class 90 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games 7th (2016)
World Champ. 5th (2015)
European Champ. Silver medal europe.svg (2021)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Astana Men's team
European Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Kraków Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Baku Men's team
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Warsaw Men's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Lisbon 90 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Warsaw 90 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Prague 90 kg
World Masters
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Rabat 90 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Saint Petersburg 90 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Doha 90 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Baku 100 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Osaka 90 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Tbilisi 90 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Abu Dhabi 90 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Tel Aviv 90 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Abu Dhabi 90 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Paris 90 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Ekaterinburg 90 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Baku 90 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Düsseldorf 90 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Tel Aviv 90 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Baku 90 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Budapest 90 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Samsun 90 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Ulaanbaatar 90 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Tbilisi 90 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Samsun 100 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Düsseldorf 90 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Zagreb 90 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Zagreb 90 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Havana 90 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Düsseldorf 90 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Tbilisi 100 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Tbilisi 90 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Budapest 90 kg
European U23 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Tel Aviv 90 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Ljubljana 90 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Abu Dhabi 90 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Cape Town 81 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Fort Lauderdale 90 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Sarajevo 90 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Bucharest 90 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Oberwart 90 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Poreč 81 kg
World Cadets Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Kyiv 81 kg
European Cadet Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Cottonera 81 kg
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Trabzon 81 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF 8167
JudoInside.com 75560
Updated on 1 July 2023.

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 in the men's 90 kg category.

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

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References

  1. Baku 2015 1st European Games - Athletes - Beka GVINIASHVILI [usurped]
  2. "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. 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.