Vedat Albayrak (born Vano Revazishvili on 2 March 1993; ) is a Turkish

judoka 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"). ...

, born in

Kokshetau Kokshetau (meaning ''Blueish Mountain'' in Kazakh, kz, Көкшетау, Kökşetau; ; rus, Кокшета́у, p=kokʂɛtaʊ) is a city in northern Kazakhstan and the capital of Akmola Region, which stretches along the southern shore of Lak ...

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. At the

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he represented Greece under the name Roman Moustopoulos. He was eliminated in the second round of the men's 81 kg event by

Juan Diego Turcios Juan Diego Turcios (born September 22, 1992) is a Salvadoran judoka. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 81 kg event, in which he was eliminated by Avtandil Tchrikishvili Avtandili Tchrikishvili (; born 18 March 1991) is a Ge ...

. He won the bronze medal at the

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held in

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, Azerbaijan. He took the gold medal at the

2021 European Judo Championships The 2021 European Judo Championships was held in Lisbon, Portugal from 16 to 18 April 2021. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Participating nations A total of 359 competitors from 45 nations participated. Refere ...

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, Portugal. He won the silver medal in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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* * * * 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Kokshetau Greek male judoka Turkish male judoka Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Greece European Games competitors for Greece European Games competitors for Turkey Judoka at the 2015 European Games Judoka at the 2019 European Games Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Judoka at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in judo Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Turkey {{Turkey-judo-bio-stub