Georgii Zantaraia

Georgii Zantaraia

Medal record
Men's Judo
Competitor for the  Ukraine
World Championships
2009 Rotterdam –60kg
2010 Tokyo –60kg
2011 Paris –60kg
2013 Rio de Janeiro –66kg
2014 Chelyabinsk –66 kg
European Championships
2011 Istanbul –60kg
2009 Tbilisi –60kg

Georgii Zantaraia (Georgian: გიორგი ზანთარაია, born 21 October 1987)[1] is a Ukrainian judoka of Georgian origin. He became World Champion -60 kg at the 2009 World Judo Championships in Rotterdam.[2] That same year he won the silver medal at the 2009 European Judo Championships in Tbilisi not being able to beat Arsen Galstyan. In 2010 he 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.[3] Zantaraia would however win his first European title at the 2011 European Judo Championships in Istanbul beating Betkil Shukvani in the final.[4] In 2013 Zantaraia won another bronze medal at the 2013 World Judo Championships in Rio de Janeiro.[5]

Palmares

2003
1st European Youth Olympic Festival -55 kg, Paris
2005
2nd Ukrainian Championships -60 kg, Donetsk
2006
1st European U20 Championships, -60 kg, Tallinn
2nd World Cup -60 kg, Vienna
3rd World Cup -60 kg, Boras
2007
1st Ukrainian Sport Games -60 kg, Cherkassy
3rd World Cup -60 kg, Bucharest
3rd World Cup -60 kg, Rotterdam
3rd European U23 Championships -60 kg, Salzburg
2008
1st Ukrainian Championships -60 kg, Kharkov
2nd World Cup -60 kg, Prague
3rd World Cup -60 kg, Paris
3rd World Cup -60 kg, Vienna
3rd European U23 Championships -60 kg, Zagreb
2009
1st World Championships -60 kg, Rotterdam
1st Grand Prix -60 kg, Abu Dhabi
2nd European Championships -60 kg, Tbilisi
3rd World Cup -60 kg, Warsaw
2010
1st Grand Prix -60 kg, Düsseldorf
1st European Cup -66 kg, Hamburg
2nd World Championships -60 kg, Tokyo
2nd European Cup -66 kg, Celje
3rd Grand Prix -60 kg, Tunis
3rd European Championships for clubs, Cheboksary
2011
1st European Championships -66 kg, Istanbul
1st Grand Prix -60 kg, Qingdao
1st European Cup -66 kg, Celje
2nd European Cup -66 kg, Hamburg
3rd World Championships -60 kg, Paris
3rd Grand Slam -60 kg, Paris
3rd Grand Prix -60 kg, Baku
2012
1st Ukrainian Championships -66 kg, Sevastopol
3rd Ukrainian Team Championships -66 kg, Sevastopol
2013
1st Grand Prix -66 kg, Samsun
1st European Open -66 kg, Warsaw
3rd World Championships -66 kg, Rio de Janeiro
3rd European Team Championships -66 kg, Budapest
2014
1st ECCO Team Challenge (Europe), Tyumen
3rd World Championships -66 kg, Chelyabinsk
2015
3rd Grand Prix -66 kg, Tbilisi
1st Grand Prix -66 kg, Zagreb
1st World Masters -66 kg, Morocco

References

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