Giorgi Asanidze ( ka, გიორგი ასანიძე; born 30 August 1975 in
Sachkhere
Sachkhere ( ka, საჩხერე) is a town at the northern edge of the Imereti Province in Western Georgia. It is the center of the Sachkhere Municipality.
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) is a former
Georgian
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* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
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weightlifter
Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lif ...
, Olympic Champion, World Champion, and three time European Champion who competed in the 85 kg and 77 kg categories.
Career
Weightlifting
He competed at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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where he won a bronze medal (all three medalists had the same total of 390 kg, but the medals were determined by lowest body weight), and the
2004 Summer Olympics where he won gold.
He is currently the coach for the Georgian National Weightlifting Team, including European medalist
Goga Chkheidze, European champion
Shota Mishvelidze, Olympic bronze medalist
Anton Pliesnoi, and two-time 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 ...
.
Government
He was elected to the
Parliament of Georgia
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from the
United National Movement in 2004. He was reelected in the
May 2008 Parliamentary election from
Tbilisi
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’s Gldani constituency on the same party ticket.
Major results
Career bests
*
Snatch: 181 kg
*
Clean and jerk: 210 kg
* Total: 391 kg 2000 European Championship in the class to 85 kg.
References
External links
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1975 births
Living people
People from Sachkhere
Male weightlifters from Georgia (country)
Olympic weightlifters of Georgia (country)
Olympic gold medalists for Georgia (country)
Olympic bronze medalists for Georgia (country)
Olympic medalists in weightlifting
Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Members of the Parliament of Georgia
United National Movement (Georgia) politicians
Recipients of the Presidential Order of Excellence
European Weightlifting Championships medalists
World Weightlifting Championships medalists