Giorgi Revazishvili (judoka)
Year Tournament Place Weight class
2002 European Judo Championships 5th Half lightweight ( 66 kg )
2000 European Judo Championships 3rd Lightweight ( 73 kg )
1999 World Judo Championships 3rd Extra lightweight ( 60 kg )
1999 European Judo Championships 5th Half lightweight ( 66 kg )
1998 European Judo Championships 3rd Half lightweight ( 66 kg )
1997 World Judo Championships 2nd Extra lightweight ( 60 kg )
1997 European Judo Championships 2nd Half lightweight ( 65 kg )
1996 Olympic Games 7th Half lightweight ( 65 kg )
1996 European Judo Championships 1st Half lightweight ( 65 kg )
1994 European Judo Championships 3rd Extra lightweight ( 60 kg )
Achievements
Giorgi Revazishvili (born 16 November 1974) is a Georgian judoka.Giorgi Revazishvili, has been arrested and convicted on the charges of extortion of USD 8,000 from Greek businessman in Tbilisi. After the court passed decision to imprison the perpetrators their friends, mainly wrestlers and relatives destroyed the court
hall and blocked the central Rustaveli Avenue of Tbilisi. Riot police was deployed to the streets first time since the rose revolution and soon police dispersed the demonstration. The arrest of the wrestlers resulted in the protest of other sportsmen. Some of them even refused to take part in preparatory training for the World Championship in wrestling. Nestor Khergiani, two times champion of Europe in judo, stated: we are not going to wrestle! Let the government officials wrestle instead of us. Later on, Zviad Zviadauri, Olympic champion in Judo and Dilar Khabuliani, former Minister of Interior and president of Judo
Federation apologized to the President Saakashvili for the riots.