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 title. 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. He took bronze at the 2017 European Judo Championships U90kg. He is currently the World No. 2 in -90 kg men's category.

Beka Gviniashvili
Personal information
NationalityGeorgian
Born (1995-10-26) 26 October 1995
Georgia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight90 kg (198 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Georgia
SportJudo
Medal record
World Championships
2015 Astana Team
European Championships
2017 Warsaw Team
2015 Baku Team
2017 Warsaw –90 kg
2020 Prague–90 kg
European Games
2015 BakuTeam

In 2021, he won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[2][3]

References
  1. Baku 2015 1st European Games - Athletes - Beka GVINIASHVILI
  2. "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  3. 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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