Saba Gavashelishvili ( ka, საბა გავაშელიშვილი; born December 15, 1987) is a

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

n judoka, who played for the half-middleweight category. He is a two-time Georgian judo champion, and a silver medalist for his division at the 2008 IJF World Cup Series in

Prague, Czech Republic Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate oc ...

. Gavashelishvili represented

at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

, where he competed for the men's half-middleweight class (81 kg). He lost the first preliminary round match, by an

ippon is the highest score a fighter can achieve in a Japanese martial arts ''ippon-wazari'' contest, usually kendo, judo, karate or jujitsu. In Judo In Judo, an ippon may be scored for a throw, a pin, a choke or a jointlock. For throws, the four ...

and a sankaku-jime (triangle choke), to Portugal's João Neto.

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NBC Olympics Profile
Male judoka from Georgia (country) Living people Olympic judoka for Georgia (country) Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics 1987 births 21st-century people from Georgia (country) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Georgia-judo-bio-stub