Irakli Chkheidze Explained

Irakli Chkheidze
Birth Date:	5 January 1999
Weight:	100.52 kg
Sport:	Weightlifting
Coach:	Giorgi Asanidze
Event:	102 kg

Irakli Chkheidze (Georgian: ირაკლი ჩხეიძე; born 5 January 1999) is a Georgian weightlifter competing in the 105 kg division until 2018 and 102 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories).^[1]

Career

He most recently competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships.^[2] He is also the 2018 Junior World Champion in the 105 kg class.^{[3] [4]}

In August 2024, Chkheidze competed in the men's 102kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.^[5] He lifted 393 kg in total and finished in fifth position.^[5]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=40	Rank	width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=40	Rank
Olympic Games
	align=left	Paris, France		171	176	179		214	214	224		393	5
World Championships
	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan		164	168	168	5	207	208	213	5	376	5
	Pattaya, Thailand		163	167	167	11	198	204	213	10	367	10
	Tashkent, Uzbekistan		157	162	162	10	193	201	206	8	363	9
	Bogotá, Colombia		165	170	174	6	207	212	213	6	387	5
	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia		170	175	179	9	210	216	221	4	391	6
IWF World Cup
	Phuket, Thailand	102 kg	170	174	174	16	211	222	—	7	381	11
European Championships
	Bucharest, Romania		163	167	169		202	203	203	6	372	4
	Moscow, Russia		163	167	171	5	205	210	210	5	376	5
	Tirana, Albania		163	168	171	6	202	209	210	5	373	4
	Yerevan, Armenia		168	173	178		207	214	220		387
2024	Sofia, Bulgaria	102 kg	168	174	178	6	212	217	218		386	5
World Junior Championships
	Tbilisi, Georgia	94 kg	145	145	150	7	178	183	186	6	336	5
	Tokyo, Japan	105 kg	156	161	164	5	195	195	195	5	356	4
	align=left	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	105 kg	163	168	171		201	205	211		382
	align=left	Suva, Fiji	102 kg	162	162	167		199	204	213		371
European U23 Championships
	Zamość, Poland	102 kg	161	165	170		194	205	216		381
European Junior Championships
	Durrës, Albania	105 kg	157	161	164	5	194	200	206		370
	Zamość, Poland	105 kg	163	167	170		202	209	216		386

References

1. http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/M102A.pdf PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 102 kg
2. Web site: 2018 World Championships Results. IWF.net. 16 November 2018.
3. Web site: 2018 Junior World Championships 105 kg recap. IWF.net. 13 July 2018 . 16 November 2018.
4. Web site: Akbar Djuraev earns a silver medal at the IWF Junior World Championships 2018. Sports.uz. 13 July 2018 . 24 December 2018.
5. Web site: Weightlifting Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811193408/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf . 11 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.