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Beka Gviniashvili

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Beka Gviniashvili
Personal information
Born (1995-10-26) 26 October 1995 (age 29)
Georgia
OccupationJudoka
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Sport
Country Georgia
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍90 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games7th (2016)
World Champ.5th (2015)
European Champ.Silver (2021)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Georgia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Astana Men's team
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku Men's team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Warsaw Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Lisbon ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Warsaw ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Prague ‍–‍90 kg
World Masters
Gold medal – first place 2015 Rabat ‍–‍90 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Saint Petersburg ‍–‍90 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Doha ‍–‍90 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2016 Baku ‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Osaka ‍–‍90 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tbilisi ‍–‍90 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍90 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Tel Aviv ‍–‍90 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍90 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Paris ‍–‍90 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Baku ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Düsseldorf ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Tel Aviv ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Baku ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest ‍–‍90 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2014 Samsun ‍–‍90 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Ulaanbaatar ‍–‍90 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tbilisi ‍–‍90 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Samsun ‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Düsseldorf ‍–‍90 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Zagreb ‍–‍90 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Zagreb ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Havana ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Düsseldorf ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Tbilisi ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Tbilisi ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest ‍–‍90 kg
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tel Aviv ‍–‍90 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Ljubljana ‍–‍90 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Cape Town ‍–‍81 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Fort Lauderdale ‍–‍90 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sarajevo ‍–‍90 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Bucharest ‍–‍90 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Oberwart ‍–‍90 kg
Silver medal – second place 2012 Poreč ‍–‍81 kg
World Cadets Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Kyiv ‍–‍81 kg
European Cadet Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Cottonera ‍–‍81 kg
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place 2011 Trabzon ‍–‍81 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF8167
JudoInside.com75560
Updated on 1 July 2023

Beka Gviniashvili (born 26 October 1995) is a Georgian judoka who became European Junior Champion in 2013, 2014, and 2015 and won the World Junior Championships in 2013 in Ljubljana and in 2015 in Abu Dhabi and EYOF in 2011. He also became the U23 European Championship in 2016 in Tel Aviv. With the Georgian Juniors, he won the World and European titles. He is a promising rising judoka. He placed 5th at the 2015 World Judo Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan after losing in the bronze medal final against one of his colleagues Varlam Liparteliani. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's ‍–‍100 kg category where he placed 7th.[2] He took bronze at the 2017 European Judo Championships in the men's ‍–‍90 kg category.

In 2021, Gviniashvili won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Baku 2015 1st European Games - Athletes - Beka GVINIASHVILI[usurped]
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Beka Gviniashvili". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017.
  3. ^ "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  4. ^ Gillen, Nancy (13 January 2021). "Riner brings IJF World Judo Masters to conclusion with heavyweight gold medal". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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