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Nationality | Austrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Grozny, Chechnya, Russia | 9 June 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Employer | Austrian Armed Forces | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | shamilborchashvili | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | –81 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 1st dan black belt [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | Erste Judo Bundesliga | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Judo LZ Wels | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Yvonne Snir-Bönisch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 27 April 2024 |
Shamil Borchashvili (born 9 June 1995) is an Austrian judoka. [3] [4] He is a first degree black belt. [2]
He immigrated to Wels, Austria with his family from Chechnya, Russia when he was a child. [5]
Borchashvili won the silver medal at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Tbilisi in the -81 kg class. [6]
Borchashvili won the bronze medal in the men's 81kg Judo competition in the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021 in Tokyo. [7]
Borchashvli won another bronze medal in the Men's 81 kg at the 2022 World Judo Championships by defeating 2020 Olympic silver medalist Saeid Mollaei. [8] [9]
Although he managed to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics he decided not to start and was replaced with his brother Wachid Borchashvili. [10] [11]
Borchashvili is a graduate of the mechanical engineering department of the HTL Wels. [12]
His brothers Wachid Borchashvili and Kimran Borchashvili[de] [13] are also part of the national team. [14] [15] Wachid won the gold medal at the 2023 Grand Slam Tbilisi.
In the fall of 2024, the Borchashvili brothers founded a new martial arts club. [16]
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