Zurab Khomasuridze ( ka, ზურაბ ხომასურიძე; born March 22, 1980) is a Georgian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. He is a multiple-time Georgian swimming champion and record holder in the 200, 400, and 1500 m freestyle. Khomasuridze qualified for the men's 200 m freestyle at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA in an invitation time of 1:57.06. He participated in the first heat against two other swimmers Igor Erhartić of Serbia and Montenegro and 14-year-old Ruslan Ismailov of Kyrgyzstan. He saved a second spot over a young Ismailov by a 3.51-second margin in 1:58.02. Khomasuridze failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-eighth overall in the preliminaries. Khomasuridze is currently a head coach for the Georgian swimming team. He also trained with

Irakli Revishvili Irakli Revishvili ( ka, ირაკლი რევიშვილი; born November 3, 1989) is a Georgian swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. He represented his nation Georgia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has currently owned two ...

and

Irakli Bolkvadze Irakli Bolkvadze ( ka, ირაკლი ბოლქვაძე; born December 12, 1994 in Nicosia, Cyprus) is a Georgian swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke and individual medley events. He won a bronze medal in the boys' 200 m breaststr ...

, both of whom succeeded him and later competed at the

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and

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, respectively.

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1980 births Living people Male freestyle swimmers from Georgia (country) Olympic swimmers for Georgia (country) Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tbilisi {{Georgia-swimming-bio-stub