Giorgi Vazagashvili
Personal information
Born19 April 1974 (1974-04-19) (age 49)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryGeorgia
SportJudo
Weight class–60 kg, –66 kg, –73 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesBronze (2000)
World Champ.Silver (1995)
European Champ.Gold (1996, 1997)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Georgia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 66 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1995 Chiba 60 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Hamilton 60 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Paris 65 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 The Hague 60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1997 Oostende 71 kg
Silver medal – second place 1995 Birmingham 60 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1996 St. Petersburg Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Bratislava 73 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Cairo 60 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Arnhem 60 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF8187
JudoInside.com409
Updated on 31 May 2023.

Giorgi Vazagashvili (born 19 April 1974) is a Georgian judoka. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he won a bronze medal in the men's Half Lightweight (66 kg) category, together with Girolamo Giovinazzo of Italy. Vazagashvili was a silver medalist at the Tokyo 1995 World Championships, and a bronze medalist at Hamilton 1993 and Paris 1997. Two times European champion in Hague 1996 and Oostende 1997, silver medalist in Birmingham 1995 and bronze medalist in Bratislava 1999. He is World Junior Champion in Cairo 1994, in final he won against Tadahiro Nomura. European Junior Champion in Arnhem 1993. Vazagashvili is champion of international tournament in Tbilisi 1992, 1993, Moscow 1993, 1997, Prague 1996, Munich 1997, Warsaw 2000, bronze medalist in Paris 1995, bronze medalist Matsutaro Shoriki Cup Tokyo 1998.

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