Varlam Liparteliani

    Georgia takes second medal at Rio Olympics

    By | August 11th, 2016|Categories: Sport|Tags: , |

    TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Varlam Liparteliani won silver medal in men’s 90 kg judo at the Rio Olympics. This is the country’s second medal in the games. Liparteliani defeated Gwak-Dong Han from South Korea in the semi-final, but in the final round, he was […]

      Georgian team won European judo championship

      By | April 25th, 2016|Categories: Sport|Tags: , , , , , , |

      TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s National Judo Team won the European Judo Championship in Kazan, Russia. In the final competition, the Georgian male judo team won 3:2 against the Russian team. The victories were won by Nugzar Tatalashvili, Avtandil Chrikishvili […]

        Georgian wins judo gold at Grand Slam Paris

        By | February 10th, 2014|Categories: News, Sport|Tags: , , , , |

        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 […]