Saturday, August 2, 2025

Georgian takes gold medal in World Judo Championship

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Avtandil Chrikashvili won gold in men’s half middleweight in the World Judo Championship. (Photo published by the Georgian Judo Federation.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Avtandil Chrikashvili, 23, won a gold medal in the 2014 World Judo Championship on Thursday in Chelyabinsk, Russia.

Chrikashvili won six fights and in the end defeated Antoine Valois-Fortier from Canada in the men’s half middleweight

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Georgian wins judo gold at Grand Slam Paris

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Avtandil Chrikashvili. (Photo by Georgia’s Sports Ministry.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Avtandil Chrikashvili won a gold medal at the Judo Grand Slam Paris 2014 tournament. Two other Georgians, Amiran Papinashvili and Varlam Liparteliani, won silver medals.

Chrikashvili defeated competitors from Netherlands, France, Japan

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Georgia best nation in European Judo Championships

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Amiran Papinashvili (left) and Lasha Shavdatuashvili, two of Georgia’s gold medalists this year. (Ministry of Sport.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia won the 2013 European Judo Championships for men with three gold, three silver and one bronze medal, followed by Russia with one gold, one silver and one bronze and France with one gold and six bronze.

The Georgian team won a gold medal

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