Beka Gviniashvili (born 26 October 1995) is a Georgian

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who became European Junior Champion in 2013, 2014, and 2015 and won the World Junior Championships in 2013 in Ljubljana and in 2015 in Abu Dhabi and EYOF in 2011. He also became the U23 European Championship in 2016 in Tel Aviv. With the Georgian Juniors, he won the World and European titles. He is a promising rising

. He placed 5th at the 2015 World Judo Championships in

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after losing in the bronze medal final against one of his colleagues

Varlam Liparteliani Varlam Liparteliani (; born 27 February 1989) is a Georgian judoka. He has won silver at Olympic and World level. Career He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -90 kg event and lost in the second round to Mark Anthony. At the European ...

. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's -100 kg category where he placed 7th. He took bronze at the

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U90kg. In 2021, he won the silver medal in his event at the

2021 Judo World Masters The 2021 Judo World Masters was held in Doha, Qatar, from 11 to 13 January 2021. Medal summary Medal table Source Men's events Source Women's events Source Prize money The sums written are per medalist, and with the two additional best ...

held in Doha, Qatar.

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* * * Male judoka from Georgia (country) 1995 births Living people Judoka at the 2015 European Games Judoka at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in judo European Games silver medalists for Georgia (country) Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Georgia (country) 21st-century people from Georgia (country) {{Georgia-judo-bio-stub