Tato Grigalashvili (Georgian: ტატო გრიგალაშვილი; born 1 December 1999)[2] is a Georgian judoka. He won the silver medal in the men's 81 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[3] He is a four-time medalist, including three gold medals, in the men's 81 kg event at the World Judo Championships. He is also a three-time gold medalist in his event at the European Judo Championships.
Career
editIn 2018, Grigalashvili won one of the bronze medals in the men's 81 kg event at the Judo Grand Prix Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey.
The following year, Grigalashvili won one of the bronze medals in this event at the 2019 Judo Grand Prix Tbilisi held in Tbilisi, Georgia. In the same year, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 81 kg event at the 2019 Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy.[4][5]
In 2020, Grigalashvili won the gold medal in the men's 81 kg event at the Judo Grand Slam Düsseldorf held in Düsseldorf, Germany. He is also the gold medalist in the men's 81 kg event at the 2020 European Judo Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic.[6][7]
In 2021, Grigalashvili won the gold medal in his event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[8][9] He won the silver medal in the men's 81 kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[10]
Grigalashvili won the silver medal in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris held in Paris, France. He won the gold medal in the men's 81 kg event at the 2022 European Judo Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
At 2024 Summer Olympics, he won silver medal at –81 kg weight class.[3]
Achievements
edit| Year | Tournament | Place | Weight class |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Summer Universiade | 3rd | −81 kg |
| 2020 | European Championships | 1st | |
| 2021 | Judo World Masters | 1st | |
| World Championships | 2nd | ||
| 2022 | European Championships | 1st | |
| World Championships | 1st | ||
| 2023 | World Championships | 1st | |
| European Championships | 2nd | ||
| 2024 | European Championships | 1st | |
| World Championships | 1st | ||
| Summer Olympics | 2nd |
References
edit- ^ "IJF World Ranking List" (PDF). International Judo Federation. 20 September 2021. p. 16. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "Tato Grigalashvili". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ a b Khalatyan, Rafael (30 July 2024). "Judo: Nagase defends title, Leski stuns Olympic champion". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Summer Universiade. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ Gillen, Nancy (5 July 2019). "Hosts claim first gold medal of Naples 2019". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ Browne, Ken (20 November 2020). "Clarisse Agbegnenou storms to fifth European title in Prague". Olympic Channel. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ "Results". 2020 European Judo Championships. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ Gillen, Nancy (12 January 2021). "Four-time world champion Agbegnenou earns gold at IJF World Judo Masters". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (9 June 2021). "Agbegnenou captures fifth world judo title with dominant display in Budapest". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
External links
edit- Tato Grigalashvili at the European Judo Union
- Tato Grigalashvili at the International Judo Federation
- Tato Grigalashvili at JudoInside.com
- Tato Grigalashvili at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Tato Grigalashvili at Olympics.com
- Tato Grigalashvili at Olympedia
- Tato Grigalashvili at The-Sports.org
- Tato Grigalashvili on Instagram
