Ilia Sulamanidze (Georgian: ილია სულამანიძე; born 18 June 2001) is a Georgian judoka. He won silver medal in the men's 100 kg event at 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He won one of the bronze medals in the his event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[1]
In April 2021, Sulamanidze lost his bronze medal match in the men's 100 kg event at the European Judo Championships held in Lisbon, Portugal.[2]
Sulamanidze won the 2021 rising star award at the 2021 Judo Awards.[3]
Sulamanidze won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Houston, Michael (11 June 2021). "Wagner claims first world gold medal at IJF World Judo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (18 April 2021). "Bekauri beats Georgian rival to win gold on final day of European Judo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ Houston, Michael (19 December 2021). "Krasniqi and Shavdatuashvili win top prizes at 2021 Judo Awards". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ Lloyd, Owen (19 February 2022). "Dicko cements France's place at top of Tel Aviv Grand Slam medals table". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
External links
[edit]- Ilia Sulamanidze at the International Judo Federation
- Ilia Sulamanidze at JudoInside.com
- Ilia Sulamanidze at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Ilia Sulamanidze at Olympedia
- Ilia Sulamanidze at The-Sports.org
- Ilia Sulamanidze on Instagram
