Zviad Gogotchuri ( ka, ზვიად გოგოჭური, born 30 October 1986) is a visually impaired Georgian Paralympic
judoka. He won a gold medal at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for disabled sports, athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, fro ...
in the
90 kg category. This marked his and Georgia's inaugural Paralympic medal.
After arriving to Japan for the
2021 Summer Paralympics, he was arrested for assaulting a security guard at a Tokyo hotel on 16 August 2021.
Paralympian from Georgia arrested over assault at Tokyo hotel
''Mainichi''. 16 August 2021
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Judoka at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic gold medalists for Georgia (country)
Living people
1986 births
Male judoka from Georgia (country)
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic medalists in judo
21st-century people from Georgia (country)
Place of birth missing (living people)
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