Beka Gviniashvili
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]
On 22 May 2025, Gviniashvili received a four year suspension.[5]
References
- ^ Baku 2015 1st European Games - Athletes - Beka GVINIASHVILI
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Clean Judo — Cases". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 20 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
External links
- Beka Gviniashvili at the International Judo Federation
- Beka Gviniashvili at JudoInside.com
- Beka Gviniashvili at Olympics.com
- Beka Gviniashvili at Olympedia
- Beka Gviniashvili at the Baku 2015 European Games (archived)
- Beka Gviniashvili at The-Sports.org
- Beka Gviniashvili on Instagram