Irakli Revishvili ( ka, ირაკლი რევიშვილი; born November 3, 1989) is a Georgian swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. He represented his nation

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at the

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, and has currently owned two Georgian national records in both the 200 and 400 m freestyle. Revishvili also trained for the national swimming team under the tutelage of head coach and 2004 Olympian Zurab Khomasuridze. Revishvili received a card invitation from

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to compete as a lone Georgian male swimmer in the 200 m freestyle at the

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. He pulled away from a small field of swimmers to take victory in the opening heat with 1:53.60, but failed to advance further to the semifinals, finishing fifty-third overall in the prelims.

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NBC Olympics Profile
1989 births Living people Male freestyle swimmers from Georgia (country) Olympic swimmers for Georgia (country) Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tbilisi Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Georgia-swimming-bio-stub