Ilias Iliadis ( el, Ηλίας Ηλιάδης, born Jarji Zviadauri, ka, ჯარჯი ზვიადაური, on 10 November 1986) is a Georgian-born Greek judoka. He was named the 2014

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. He won a gold medal in the half-middleweight (81 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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at age 17. Illiadis also won a gold medal 6 years later at the 2010 World Judo Championships in

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in the −90 kg category. As Greece's flagbearer, he had the honour of being the first athlete to march into the Bird's Nest Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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. Iliadis is a cousin of another Olympic champion, Georgian judoka

Zurab Zviadauri Zurab Zviadauri (born July 2, 1981) is a Georgian judoka who competed in the Men's 90 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal, the first for Georgia. He is a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program. He also won ...

, who also won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympic games. Iliadis's family moved to Greece in 2003. He was adopted by Nikos Iliadis. Since November 2019 Iliadis works as head coach for the Uzbek national team.

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* * * 1986 births Living people Greek male judoka Male judoka from Georgia (country) Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Greece Olympic gold medalists for Greece Olympic bronze medalists for Greece Naturalized citizens of Greece Georgian emigrants to Greece Olympic medalists in judo World judo champions Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics European champions for Greece Judoka at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in judo European Games bronze medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Greek people of Georgian descent Mediterranean Games medalists in judo People from Kakheti {{Georgia-judo-bio-stub