Varlam Liparteliani (; born 27 February 1989) is a Georgian

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. He has won silver at Olympic and World level.

Career

He competed at the

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in the -90 kg event and lost in the second round to Mark Anthony. At the

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, Liparteliani won gold in

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and

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, silver in

2009 European Judo Championships The 2009 European Judo Championships were held at the Sports Palace, in Tbilisi, 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 Unite ...

2010 European Judo Championships The 2010 European Judo Championships were held at the Ferry-Dusika-Hallenstadion, in Vienna, Austria, from 22 to 25 April 2010. Medal overview Men Women Medal table Results overview Men –60 kg –66 kg –73 kg –81 ...

, 2013 European Judo Championships and 2015 European Judo Championships, and bronze in 2011 European Judo Championships. He is the captain of the Georgia Judo National Team and the Georgia Olympic Team. He is coached by Gugava Giorgi. At the

2016 Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...

, he won the silver medal. He beat

Komronshokh Ustopiriyon Komronshokh Ustopiriyon (born 7 January 1993) is a Tajikistani judoka. Ustopiriyon competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state o ...

, Ovini Uera,

Lkhagvasürengiin Otgonbaatar Lkhagvasürengiin Otgonbaatar ( mn, Лхагвасүрэнгийн Отгонбаатар; born 20 January 1993) is a Mongolian judoka. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He participated at the 2018 World Judo Championship ...

and

Gwak Dong-han Gwak Dong-han (Hangul: 곽동한; ; born 20 April 1992) is a South Korean judoka. He won the gold medal in the 90 kg event at the 2015 World Judo Championships. He is currently ranked No. 1 in the world (as of 8 February 2016). He was his coa ...

before losing to

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held in Doha, Qatar.

Personal life

Liparteliani began judo aged 11. His inspirations were Japanese legend

Kōsei Inoue is a Japanese judoka. He won the gold medal in the under 100 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is well known for his specialty throws, Uchi Mata (, inner thigh throw) and Ōuchi gari (, major inner reap). He is considered by th ...

and fellow 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 ...

. He is married and has three sons. Liparteliani was involved in a car accident with teammate

Avtandil Tchrikishvili Avtandili Tchrikishvili (; born 18 March 1991) is a Georgian judoka. After Tchrikishvilli won the World Championships in 2014, the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia named him the Best Georgian Sportsman of 2014. He is currently ran ...

during a training camp in Borjomi, Georgia, right before the

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. The passengers in the car were heavily injured, but survived.

Competitive record

''(as of 25 September 2018)''

Achievements

Medals

;2010 : Grand Prix,

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: Grand Slam,

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

: Grand Prix,

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

;2011 : Grand Prix,

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area. ...

;2012 : Grand Prix,

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...

: Grand Slam,

;2013 : Grand Slam,

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

: Grand Prix,

: World Masters,

Tyumen Tyumen ( ; rus, Тюмень, p=tʲʉˈmʲenʲ, a=Ru-Tyumen.ogg) is the administrative center and largest city of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is situated just east of the Ural Mountains, along the Tura River. Fueled by the Russian oil and gas indu ...

: Grand Slam,

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

;2014 : Grand Slam,

: Grand Prix,

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

;2015 : Grand Prix,

: Grand Prix,

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...

: Grand Slam,

;2016 : Grand Slam,

;2017 : Grand Prix,

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: Grand Slam,

: Grand Prix,

Ekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administrat ...

: World Masters,

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

;2018 : Grand Slam,

: Grand Slam,

: World Masters,

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...

;2019 : Grand Slam,

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Liparteliani, Varlam Male judoka from Georgia (country) 1989 births People from Mtskheta Living people Olympic judoka of Georgia (country) Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in judo European Games silver medalists for Georgia (country) Olympic silver medalists for Georgia (country) Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2019 European Games Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics