Beka Gviniashvili Judoka

Beka Gviniashvili

Country:Georgia
Born:26 October 1995 (23 years)
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Georgian judoka Beka Gviniashvili is 2013 and 2015 World Junior Champion and is the most successful junior athlete ever also with the Georgian Junior team. In 2016 he switched from U90kg to U100kg with successful event and amazing victories including the Grand Slam in Baku, the guarantee for Rio. In 2017 he won the Grand Prix Düsseldorf 2017. He took bronze at the European Championships in Warsaw in 2017 U90kg. He took gold at the Masters in St. Petersburg in 2017. he won three national titles.

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Red Star Champigny and Golden Gori win Europa League

9 Dec 2018 16:15

The women of Red Star Champigny have captured the Europa League on Sunday afternoon. The strong team took gold in the final against French compatriots of ESBM Blanc-Mesnil of which the men’s team also took silver on Saturday. Read more

Preview men U90kg: Gwak Dong-Han wants to regain the world title

23 Sep 2018 22:55

The men’s tournament U90kg isn’t as strong as a few years ago, still there are many players who have about the same capabilities, so it all depends on the form of the day, the mindset and the skills. Read more

Georgia powerful judo nation for men

16 Sep 2018 17:05

Georgia is a powerful judo nation, but only for men. For a long time, it had no female players in its World Championships team. Its first female representative, Esther Stam, was not even from Georgia but was an import from the Netherlands when she switched in 2014. Read more

Beka Gviniashvili qualifies for World Championships, Tchrikishvili second

2 Sep 2018 16:55

At the European Cup in Bratislava the ideal final developed throughout the day opposing the two judo icons Beka Gviniashvili and Avtandili Tchrikishvili U90kg. It was Gviniashvili making a waza-ari difference taking the second spot in the Georgian team U90kg. Ushangi Margiani already qualified for Baku. Read more

Ultimate qualification battle: Gviniashvili vs Tchrikishvili

31 Aug 2018 22:50

It has been a difficult year for Georgian judo so far in 2018, however in the category U90kg the federation now have a luxury problem. For the World Championships two athletes will be sent to Baku. Given the bronze medal at the World Championships Ushangi Margiani secured his spot in the team. Ushangi confirmed his form with bronze in Tokyo and silver at the Grand Prix in Budapest. Read more