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Ilias Iliadis (judoka)

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Ilias Iliadis
Personal information
Birth nameJarji Zviadauri
Born10 November 1986 (1986-11-10) (age 37)
Akhmeta, Kakheti, Georgian SSR, USSR (modern Georgia)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryGreece
SportJudo
Weight class–81 kg, –90 kg
Rank     4th dan black belt[1]
Now coachingUzbek national team[2]
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesGold (2004)
World Champ.Gold (2010, 2011, 2014)
European Champ.Gold (2004, 2011)
Profile at external databases
IJF836
JudoInside.com12544
Updated on 25 May 2023

Ilias Iliadis (Greek: Ηλίας Ηλιάδης, born Jarji Zviadauri, Georgian: ჯარჯი ზვიადაური, on 10 November 1986) is a Georgian-Greek judoka.[3] He was named the 2014 Greek Male Athlete of the Year.

He won a gold medal in the half-middleweight (81 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens at age 17.[4] Illiadis also won a gold medal 6 years later at the 2010 World Judo Championships in Tokyo in the −90 kg category.

As Greece's flagbearer, he had the honour of being the first athlete to march into the Bird's Nest Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[citation needed]

Iliadis is a cousin of another Olympic champion, Georgian judoka Zurab Zviadauri, who also won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympic games. Iliadis's family moved to Greece in 2003. He was adopted by Nikos Iliadis.[citation needed]

Since November 2019 Iliadis works as head coach for the Uzbek national team.[2]

Achievements

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Year Tournament Venue Place Weight class
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 1st Half middleweight (81 kg)
European Judo Championships Bucharest, Romania 1st Half middleweight (81 kg)
2005 World Judo Championships Cairo, Egypt 2nd Middleweight (90 kg)
Mediterranean Games Almeria, Spain 1st Middleweight (90 kg)
2007 World Judo Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2nd Middleweight (90 kg)
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 20th Middleweight (90 kg)
2009 Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 1st Middleweight (90 kg)
2010 World Judo Championships Tokyo, Japan 1st Middleweight (90 kg)
European Judo Championships Vienna, Austria 3rd Middleweight (90 kg)
2011 European Judo Championships Istanbul, Turkey 1st Middleweight (90 kg)
World Judo Championships Paris, France 1st Middleweight (90 kg)
2012 Olympic Games London, England 3rd Middleweight (90 kg)
2013 World Judo Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3rd Middleweight (90 kg)
2014 World Judo Championships Chelyabinsk, Russia 1st Middleweight (90 kg)
2015 European Games Baku, Azerbaijan 3rd Middleweight (90 kg)
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 17th Middleweight (90 kg)

References

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  1. ^ "Ilias ILIADIS". European Judo Union. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Ilias Iliadis boosts Uzbek team with experience and motivation". Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Ilias Iliadis". JudoInside.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ilias Iliadis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Greece
Beijing 2008
Succeeded by