Lasha Shavdatuashvili Judoka

Lasha Shavdatuashvili

Country:Georgia
Born:31 January 1992 (26 years)
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Lasha Shavdatuashvili won the Olympic title U66kg in 2012 and took bronze U73kg in Rio in 2016. The Georgian judoka won European bronze in 2012 and the European title in 2013 U66kg. Switched to U73 and won medals in Düsseldorf and Tbilisi and won the Grand Prix Almaty. In 2017 he won silver at the Grand Prix Düsseldorf 2017. He took a silver medal at the IJF Masters in St. Petersburg in 2017. Lasha took gold at the Grand Prix in Tbilisi.

Preview men U73kg: Can the Azeri beat Hashimoto and An

21 Sep 2018 22:30

The category U73kg has been dominated by Japan for the last decade. With Hashimoto as only choice in the team, so without Ono, it is Hashimoto who should showcase his best judo and prolong the world title which will give him a big lead in the race for Tokyo. But there are lots of good athletes in this category such as An-Chang-Rim. Read more

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Super Shavdatuashvili shows his class at home

31 Mar 2018 18:25

London 2012 Olympic champion and Rio 2016 Olympic bronze medallist Lasha Shavdatuashvili of Georgia started as the top seed at the Grand Prix in Tbilisi and came through five testing contests to win his third Grand Prix title. World number five Shavdatuashvili won four of his five contests by ippon and was the crowd favourite on day two. Read more

Lasha Shavdatuashvili hopes to shine at home Grand Prix

31 Mar 2018 07:10

The venue for the Grand Prix in Tbilisi will be packed with men mainly to watch men. Women’s judo hasn’t developed very well yet in Georgia, but there’s enough to look forward to. Still the men set the tone for Georgia and on the second day Lasha Shavdatuashvili is one of the men to watch. He knows and was special guest at the draw for this Grand Prix on Thursday. Read more

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Akil Gjakova Kosovo’s first male judo miracle

10 Feb 2018 19:10

Youngster Akil Gjakova of Kosovo made history for his country for the second successive event to maintain his imperious start to 2018. Gjakova, 22, whose older sister Nora Gjakova lost out in the second round of the U57kg category in Paris, became the first male judoka from Kosovo to win a Grand Prix medal in January, but that was just the warm-up. Read more

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World champion Hashimoto retains Masters title to end 2017 on top

16 Dec 2017 20:20

World champion Hashimoto Soichi won his second World Judo Masters title in a row as he returned to the top of the podium after a minor blip at home when he won bronze at the Tokyo Grand Slam two weeks ago. The 26-year-old made sure that he will finish the year with number one spot on the World Ranking List to pocket a $50,000 bonus and all the bragging rights at home. Read more