Georgii Zantaraia

Georgii Zantaraia (Georgian: გიორგი ზანთარაია; Ukrainian: Георгій Малхазович Зантарая; born 21 October 1987) is a Georgian-born Ukrainian judoka.[1][2]

Georgii Zantaraia
Personal information
Native nameგიორგი ზანთარაია
National teamUkraine
EthnicityGeorgian
CitizenshipUkraine
Born (1987-10-21) 21 October 1987
Gali, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
ResidenceKiev, Ukraine
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Ukraine
European Games
2019 Minsk –66 kg
World Championships
2009 Rotterdam –60 kg
2010 Tokyo –60 kg
2011 Paris –60 kg
2013 Rio de Janeiro –66 kg
2014 Chelyabinsk–66 kg
2018 Baku–66 kg
European Championships
2011 Istanbul –60 kg
2017 Warsaw –66 kg
2019 Minsk —66 kg
2009 Tbilisi –60 kg
Team European Championships
2011 Istanbul Team
2013 Budapest Team
2015 Baku Team

Career

Zantaraia became World Champion in the −60 kg division at the 2009 World Judo Championships in Rotterdam.[3] That same year he won the silver medal at the 2009 European Judo Championships in Tbilisi, being beaten by Arsen Galstyan in the final.

In 2010 Zantaraia won the silver medal at the 2010 World Judo Championships in Tokyo, unable to defend his title against Rishod Sobirov who would retain his title in 2011, while Zantaraia claimed the bronze that year in Paris.[4] Zantaraia would however win his first European title at the 2011 European Judo Championships in Istanbul beating Betkil Shukvani in the final.[5] In 2013 Zantaraia won another bronze medal at the 2013 World Judo Championships in Rio de Janeiro.[6]

Palmares
2003
European Youth Olympic Festival −55 kg, Paris
2005
Ukrainian Championships −60 kg, Donetsk
2006
European U20 Championships, −60 kg, Tallinn
World Cup −60 kg, Vienna
World Cup −60 kg, Borås
2007
Ukrainian Sport Games −60 kg, Cherkassy
World Cup −60 kg, Bucharest
World Cup −60 kg, Rotterdam
European U23 Championships −60 kg, Salzburg
2008
Ukrainian Championships −60 kg, Kharkov
World Cup −60 kg, Prague
World Cup −60 kg, Paris
World Cup −60 kg, Vienna
European U23 Championships −60 kg, Zagreb
2009
World Championships −60 kg, Rotterdam
Grand Prix −60 kg, Abu Dhabi
European Championships −60 kg, Tbilisi
World Cup −60 kg, Warsaw
2010
Grand Prix −60 kg, Düsseldorf
European Cup −66 kg, Hamburg
World Championships −60 kg, Tokyo
European Cup −66 kg, Celje
Grand Prix −60 kg, Tunis
European Championships for clubs, Cheboksary
2011
European Championships −66 kg, Istanbul
Grand Prix −60 kg, Qingdao
European Cup −66 kg, Celje
European Cup −66 kg, Hamburg
World Championships −60 kg, Paris
Grand Slam −60 kg, Paris
Grand Prix −60 kg, Baku
2012
Ukrainian Championships −66 kg, Sevastopol
Ukrainian Team Championships −66 kg, Sevastopol
2013
Grand Prix −66 kg, Samsun
European Open −66 kg, Warsaw
World Championships −66 kg, Rio de Janeiro
European Team Championships −66 kg, Budapest
2014
ECCO Team Challenge (Europe), Tyumen
World Championships −66 kg, Chelyabinsk
2015
Grand Prix −66 kg, Tbilisi
Grand Prix −66 kg, Zagreb
World Masters −66 kg, Morocco
2017
European Championships −66 kg, Warsaw
2018
Grand Prix −66 kg, Zagreb
2019
Grand Slam –66 kg, Paris
European Games/European Championships, –66 kg, Minsk

References
  1. Judo Inside
  2. IJF profile
  3. Rotterdam 2009: Day 1st – Asia and Europe grab all 12 medals
  4. SOBIROV AND JAPAN DOMINATE FIRST DAY OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
  5. "Zantaraia takes the European title U60kg". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
  6. History made as Kosovo claim first major world title
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