Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
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competed at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
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Tokyo
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. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
Medalists
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
Athletics
Georgian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
;Field events
Boxing
Georgia entered three male boxers into the Olympic tournament for the first time in 12 years. 2019 European Games silver medalist Sakhil Alakhverdovi (men's flyweight), Eskerkhan Madiev (men's welterweight), and Giorgi Kharabadze (men's middleweight) secured the spots on the Georgian squad in their respective weight divisions, either by winning the round of 16 match, advancing to the semifinal match, or scoring a box-off triumph, at the
2020 European Qualification Tournament in
London
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Paris
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Fencing
Georgia entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian
Sandro Bazadze
Sandro Bazadze ( ka, სანდრო ბაზაძე; born 29 July 1993) is a Georgian right-handed sabre fencer. He is the 2023 and 2022 individual European champion, and a two-time Olympian.
Bazadze competed in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro ...
claimed a spot in the men's sabre as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Europe in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.
Gymnastics
Rhythmic
Georgia entered one gymnasts to compete at the Olympics, after get the allocation quota at the
2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
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Baku
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Azerbaijan
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Judo
Georgia entered nine judoka (seven men and two women) into the Olympic tournament based on the
International Judo Federation
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Olympics Individual Ranking.
;Men
;Women
Karate
Georgia entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament.
Gogita Arkania qualified directly for the men's kumite +75 kg category by finishing top three at
2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament in
Paris
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France
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;Kumite
Shooting
Georgian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the
2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.
Swimming
Tennis
At the conclusion of the qualification period for the Olympic tennis tournament and after some withdrawals, the following players had qualified for the competition by means of rankings.
Weightlifting
Georgia qualified four male weightlifters for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition.
Shota Mishvelidze (men's 61 kg),
Anton Pliesnoi (men's 96 kg), and reigning Olympic champion
Lasha Talakhadze
Lasha Talakhadze ( ka, ლაშა ტალახაძე; born 2 October 1993) is a Georgian weightlifter, holding the all-time world records regardless of weight category in the snatch (225 kg), the clean and jerk (267 kg) and the total (49 ...
(men's +109 kg) secured one of the top eight slots each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Absolute World Ranking, with
Goga Chkheidze
Goga Chkheidze ( ka, გოგა ჩხეიძე; born 11 February 1996) is a Georgian weightlifter competing in the 69 kg division until 2018 and 67 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categor ...
(men's 67 kg) topping the list of weightlifters from Europe in the men's 67 kg division of the IWF Absolute Continental Ranking.
Wrestling
Georgia qualified seven wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Four of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (97 and 125 kg) and men's Greco-Roman (97 and 130 kg) wrestling at the
2019 World Championships, while three additional licenses were awarded to the Georgian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals of their respective weight categories at the
2021 European Olympic Qualification Tournament in
Budapest
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Hungary
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;Freestyle
;Greco-Roman
See also
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Georgia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
References
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