Georgii Zantaraia (Georgian: გიორგი ზანთარაია; Ukrainian: Георгій Малхазович Зантарая; born 21 October 1987) is a Georgian-born Ukrainian judoka.[1][2][3]
Zantaraia is a candidate for the Kyiv City Council of the party Servant of the People in the 2020 Kyiv local election set for 25 October 2020.[4][5]
Career
editZantaraia became World Champion in the −60 kg division at the 2009 World Judo Championships in Rotterdam.[6] 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.[7] Zantaraia would however win his first European title at the 2011 European Judo Championships in Istanbul beating Betkil Shukvani in the final.[8] In 2013 Zantaraia won another bronze medal at the 2013 World Judo Championships in Rio de Janeiro.[9]
He competed in the men's 66 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[10]
References
edit- ^ Judo Inside
- ^ IJF profile
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Georgii Zantaraia". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Yevhenia Kuleba headed the list of "Servants of the People" in the Kyiv City Council elections, Ukrayinska Pravda (20 September 2020)
- ^ Rada appoints next elections to local self-govt bodies for Oct 25, Interfax-Ukraine (15 July 2020)
- ^ Rotterdam 2009: Day 1st – Asia and Europe grab all 12 medals
- ^ SOBIROV AND JAPAN DOMINATE FIRST DAY OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
- ^ "Zantaraia takes the European title U60kg". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ History made as Kosovo claim first major world title
- ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
External links
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Media related to Georgii Zantaraia at Wikimedia Commons
- Georgii Zantaraia at the International Judo Federation
- Georgii Zantaraia at JudoInside.com
- Georgii Zantaraia at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Georgii Zantaraia at Olympics.com
- Georgii Zantaraia at Olympedia
- Georgii Zantaraia at The-Sports.org
- Georgii Zantaraia on Instagram
