Georgii Zantaraia
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Native name | გიორგი ზანთარაია | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Citizenship | Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Gali, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | 21 October 1987||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Georgii Zantaraia (Georgian: გიორგი ზანთარაია; Ukrainian: Георгій Малхазович Зантарая; born 21 October 1987) is a Georgian-born Ukrainian judoka.[1][2]
Career
Zantaraia became World Champion in the −60 kg division at the 2009 World Judo Championships in Rotterdam.[3] That same year he won the silver medal at the 2009 European Judo Championships in Tbilisi, being beaten by Arsen Galstyan in the final.
In 2010 Zantaraia won the silver medal at the 2010 World Judo Championships in Tokyo, unable to defend his title against Rishod Sobirov who would retain his title in 2011, while Zantaraia claimed the bronze that year in Paris.[4] Zantaraia would however win his first European title at the 2011 European Judo Championships in Istanbul beating Betkil Shukvani in the final.[5] In 2013 Zantaraia won another bronze medal at the 2013 World Judo Championships in Rio de Janeiro.[6]
Palmares
- 2003
- European Youth Olympic Festival −55 kg, Paris
- 2005
- Ukrainian Championships −60 kg, Donetsk
- 2006
- European U20 Championships, −60 kg, Tallinn
- World Cup −60 kg, Vienna
- World Cup −60 kg, Borås
- 2007
- Ukrainian Sport Games −60 kg, Cherkassy
- World Cup −60 kg, Bucharest
- World Cup −60 kg, Rotterdam
- European U23 Championships −60 kg, Salzburg
- 2008
- Ukrainian Championships −60 kg, Kharkov
- World Cup −60 kg, Prague
- World Cup −60 kg, Paris
- World Cup −60 kg, Vienna
- European U23 Championships −60 kg, Zagreb
- 2009
- World Championships −60 kg, Rotterdam
- Grand Prix −60 kg, Abu Dhabi
- European Championships −60 kg, Tbilisi
- World Cup −60 kg, Warsaw
- 2010
- Grand Prix −60 kg, Düsseldorf
- European Cup −66 kg, Hamburg
- World Championships −60 kg, Tokyo
- European Cup −66 kg, Celje
- Grand Prix −60 kg, Tunis
- European Championships for clubs, Cheboksary
- 2011
- European Championships −66 kg, Istanbul
- Grand Prix −60 kg, Qingdao
- European Cup −66 kg, Celje
- European Cup −66 kg, Hamburg
- World Championships −60 kg, Paris
- Grand Slam −60 kg, Paris
- Grand Prix −60 kg, Baku
- 2012
- Ukrainian Championships −66 kg, Sevastopol
- Ukrainian Team Championships −66 kg, Sevastopol
- 2013
- Grand Prix −66 kg, Samsun
- European Open −66 kg, Warsaw
- World Championships −66 kg, Rio de Janeiro
- European Team Championships −66 kg, Budapest
- 2014
- ECCO Team Challenge (Europe), Tyumen
- World Championships −66 kg, Chelyabinsk
- 2015
- Grand Prix −66 kg, Tbilisi
- Grand Prix −66 kg, Zagreb
- World Masters −66 kg, Morocco
- 2017
- European Championships −66 kg, Warsaw
- 2018
- Grand Prix −66 kg, Zagreb
- 2019
- Grand Slam –66 kg, Paris
- European Games/European Championships, –66 kg, Minsk
References
- ^ Judo Inside
- ^ IJF profile
- ^ Rotterdam 2009: Day 1st – Asia and Europe grab all 12 medals
- ^ SOBIROV AND JAPAN DOMINATE FIRST DAY OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
- ^ "Zantaraia takes the European title U60kg". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
- ^ History made as Kosovo claim first major world title
External links
- Georgii Zantaraia at JudoInside.com
- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Gali (town)
- Ukrainian male judoka
- Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka of Ukraine
- Judoka at the 2015 European Games
- European Games competitors for Ukraine
- European Games medalists in judo
- European Games bronze medalists for Ukraine
- Ukrainian people of Georgian descent
- World judo champions
- European Games gold medalists for Ukraine