Giorgi Vazagashvili (born 19 April 1974) is a
Georgian
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judo
is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...
ka. At the
2000 Summer Olympics
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he won a bronze medal in the
men's Half Lightweight (66 kg) category, together with
Girolamo Giovinazzo
Girolamo Giovinazzo (born 10 September 1968 in Rome) is an Italian judoka who won two Olympic medals, in 1996 and 2000
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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
is one of the most famous judo competitors in Japan. He is the only judoka in the world who has won three individual Olympic gold medals in a row, all in the extra lightweight (-60 kg) division.
Biography
Nomura was born into a family of ...
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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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1974 births
Living people
Male judoka from Georgia (country)
Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic judoka for Georgia (country)
Olympic bronze medalists for Georgia (country)
Olympic medalists in judo
Georgian people of Greek descent
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing (living people)
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