Zurab Zviadauri

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Zurab Zviadauri

Zurab Zviadauri in his native Khevsureti
Personal information
Born	(1981-07-02) 2 July 1981 (age 43)
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	Georgia
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–90 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(2004)
World Champ.	(2001, 2003)
European Champ.	(2002)
Medal record Men's judo Representing  Georgia Olympic Games 2004 Athens ‍–‍90 kg World Championships 2001 Munich ‍–‍90 kg 2002 Basel Men's team 2003 Osaka ‍–‍90 kg European Championships 2002 Maribor Men's team 2003 London Men's team 2012 Chelyanbinsk Men's team 2002 Maribor ‍–‍90 kg 2006 Belgrade Men's team World Juniors Championships 2000 Nabeul ‍–‍90 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	4162
JudoInside.com	6423
Updated on 30 May 2023

Zurab Zviadauri (born 2 July 1981) is a Georgian judoka who competed in the Men's 90 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal, the first for Georgia.^[1][2] He is a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program. He also won two silver medals on world championships (in 2001 and in 2003) and a bronze on European championship in 2002.^[3]

Zvidauri is also signed to mixed martial arts-promotion World Victory Road, but has yet to make his MMA-debut.^[4] In 2012, he was elected to the Parliament of Georgia for the Akhmeta Municipality on a Georgian Dream coalition ticket.^[5]

Zviadauri is a cousin of another olympic champion, Georgian-born Greek Judoka Ilias Iliadis (born Jarji Zviadauri), who also won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympic games.

Zvidauri was arrested on 17 August 2021, in connection with the murder of three people.^[6]

Media related to Zurab Zviadauri at Wikimedia Commons

• Zurab Zviadauri at the International Judo Federation
• Zurab Zviadauri at JudoInside.com
• Zurab Zviadauri at AllJudo.net (in French)
• Zurab Zviadauri at Olympics.com
• Zurab Zviadauri at Olympedia
• Zurab Zviadauri at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Zurab Zviadauri at The-Sports.org

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