Irakli Tsirekidze

Personal information

Born

3 May 1982 (age 34)

Medal record

Representing Georgia
Men's judo
Olympic Games
	2008 Beijing	–90 kg
World Championships
	2007 Rio de Janeiro	–90 kg
	2011 Paris	–100 kg
European Championships
	2007 Belgrade	–90 kg
	2008 Lisbon	–90 kg
	2011 Istanbul	–100 kg
Teams World Championships
	2006 Paris	Teams
	2008 Tokyo	Teams
Teams European Championships
	2007 Minsk	Teams

Irakli Tsirekidze (Georgian: ირაკლი ცირეკიძე ) (born 3 May 1982) is a Georgian judoka.

On September 15, 2007, he won a gold medal at world judo championship beating Greek Ilias Iliadis by yuko.^[1]

At 2008 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal with beating Algerian Amar Benikhlef in the final.

He became head coach of the Georgian National Judo Team after the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Place	Weight class
2011	World Judo Championships	3rd	Heavyweight (–100 kg)
2011	European Championships	3rd	Heavyweight (–100 kg)
2008	Summer Olympics	1st	Middleweight (–90 kg)
2008	European Championships	3rd	Middleweight (–90 kg)
2007	World Judo Championships	1st	Middleweight (–90 kg)
2007	European Judo Championships	2nd	Middleweight (–90 kg)
2005	European Judo Championships	5th	Middleweight (–90 kg)

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