Varlam Liparteliani (; born 27 February 1989) is a Georgian judoka. He has won silver at Olympic and World level.

Career

He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -90 kg event and lost in the second round to Mark Anthony. At the European Judo Championships, Liparteliani won gold in

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and

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, silver in 2009 European Judo Championships, 2010 European Judo Championships,

2013 European Judo Championships The 2013 European Judo Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from 25 to 28 April 2013. Medal overview Men Women Medal table Results overview Men –60 kg –66 kg –73 kg –81 kg –90 kg –100 kg +100 kg ...

and 2015 European Judo Championships, and bronze in

2011 European Judo Championships The 2011 European Judo Championships were held at the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, from 21 to 24 April 2011. Medal overview Men Women Medal table Results overview Men –60 kg –66 kg –73 kg –81 kg –90 kg ...

. 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

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, Ovini Uera,

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and Gwak Dong-han before losing to

Mashu Baker , is a male Japanese judoka. His father is an American.2021 Judo World Masters The 2021 Judo World Masters was held in Doha, Qatar, from 11 to 13 January 2021. Medal summary Medal table Source Men's events Source Women's events Source Prize money The sums written are per medalist, and with the two additional bes ...

held in Doha, Qatar.

Personal life

Liparteliani began judo aged 11. His inspirations were Japanese legend Kōsei Inoue and fellow Georgian judoka

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

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during a training camp in Borjomi, Georgia, right before the 2012 Olympics. 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 ...

: 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 ''"Ne ...

;2011 : Grand Prix, Abu Dhabi ;2012 : Grand Prix,

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

: Grand Slam,

;2013 : Grand Slam,

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, 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), ma ...

: 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 in ...

: Grand Slam,

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

;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 and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

: Grand Slam,

;2016 : Grand Slam,

;2017 : Grand Prix,

Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slov ...

: Grand Slam,

: Grand Prix, Ekaterinburg : 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