Beka Gviniashvili Judoka

Beka Gviniashvili

Country:Georgia
Born:26 October 1995 (25 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 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. Beka won three national titles. He took silver at the Grand Slam of Ekaterinburg in 2019. He took a bronze medal at the Grand Prix in Tbilisi and Budapest and gold in Zagre

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World Champion Noël van ’t End confirms again in Doha

13 Jan 2021 23:25

Dutch World Champion Noel Van ‘t End had difficult contests throughout the preliminary rounds in Doha but Van 't End always found the necessary energy to go through and that energy that he felt in the Kodokan with the spirit of Anton Geesink in his mind gave him wings. In Doha at the IJF Judo Masters he confirmed again that he is capable of winning Olympic gold. The Dutchman captured the only gold for the Netherlands in Qatar. Read more

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Different styles of the category U90kg

2 Dec 2020 16:05

Without doubt, Ilias Iliadis wrote a nice chapter in judo history, most part of his legacy was made in 90kg class. But since the olympic champion stepped back from the tatami, this weight category has experienced a lot of changes. Nowadays, without such judo hero, the crown is looking for a new king and there are a lot of candidates fighting for it. European Champion Mikhail Igolnikov could be the chosen one. Read more

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Uzbek Davlat Bobonov strikes Grand Slam gold

23 Feb 2020 17:50

Davlat Bobonov of Uzbekistan needed just 59 seconds to defeat Marrakech Grand Prix bronze medallist Quedjau Nhabali (UKR) to win his first Grand Slam title on Sunday. World number 37 Bobonov, who is one of the leading projects under the leadership of the legendary Ilias Iliadis, emulated the exploits of his new head coach by thrilling the crowd with one of the best performances of the weekend. Read more

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Beka Gviniashvili back in world form

24 Nov 2019 17:45

Two-time World Judo Masters winner Beka Gviniashvili of Georgia won his first Grand Slam title since 2016 as he enjoyed a day to remember in Osaka. The world number nine fought back from going a waza-ari down against world number 57 Davlat Bobonov (UZB) as he rolled over the Uzbek to take the final into golden score. Gviniashvili picked up Bobonov for ippon in trademark Georgian fashion as he put an exclamation mark on his win by conquering the impressive Asian judoka to take the plaudits in the U90kg category. Read more

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Beka Gviniashvili grabs gold and keeps door open for Worlds

28 Jul 2019 22:15

Two-time World Judo Masters winner Beka Gviniashvili (GEO) put the U90kg category on notice in Zagreb as he struck his first IJF gold medal since 2017. The 23-year-old showed his explosive judo which gave him a reputation as one of the most feared and highly-rated judoka in the category before he switched categories in the build-up to the Rio 2016 Olympics. Read more