Ilias Iliadis (judoka) explained

Ilias Iliadis
Birth Name:Jarji Zviadauri
Birth Place:Akhmeta, Kakheti, Georgian SSR, USSR (modern Georgia)
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Country:Greece
Weight Class:–81 kg, –90 kg
Rank Ref:[1]
Dan:4
Coaching:Uzbek national team[2]
Worlds Rank:1
Worlds Year:2010
Worlds Weight:Men's 90 kg
Worlds Year2:2011
Worlds Weight2:Men's 90 kg
Worlds Year3:2014
Worlds Weight3:Men's 90 kg
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:2004
Regionals Weight:Men's 81 kg
Regionals Year2:2011
Regionals Weight2:Men's 90 kg
Olympics Rank:1
Olympics Year:2004
Olympics Weight:Men's 81 kg
Updated:25 May 2023

Ilias Iliadis (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ηλίας Ηλιάδης, born Jarji Zviadauri, Georgian: ჯარჯი ზვიადაური, on 10 November 1986) is a Georgian-born Greek judoka.[3] He was named the 2014 Greek Male Athlete of the Year.

He won a gold medal in the half-middleweight (81 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens at age 17. Illiadis also won a gold medal 6 years later at the 2010 World Judo Championships in Tokyo in the −90 kg category.

As Greece's flagbearer, he had the honour of being the first athlete to march into the Bird's Nest Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Iliadis is a cousin of another Olympic champion, Georgian judoka Zurab Zviadauri, who also won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympic games. Iliadis's family moved to Greece in 2003. He was adopted by Nikos Iliadis.

Since November 2019 Iliadis works as head coach for the Uzbek national team.[2]

Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Place Weight class
2004 Olympic GamesAthens, Greece1st Half middleweight (81 kg)
European Judo ChampionshipsBucharest, Romania1st Half middleweight (81 kg)
2005World Judo ChampionshipsCairo, Egypt2nd Middleweight (90 kg)
Mediterranean GamesAlmeria, Spain1st Middleweight (90 kg)
2007 World Judo ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil2nd Middleweight (90 kg)
2008 Olympic GamesBeijing, China20thMiddleweight (90 kg)
2009 Mediterranean GamesPescara, Italy1st Middleweight (90 kg)
2010World Judo ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan1st Middleweight (90 kg)
European Judo ChampionshipsVienna, Austria3rd Middleweight (90 kg)
2011 European Judo ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey1st Middleweight (90 kg)
World Judo ChampionshipsParis, France1st Middleweight (90 kg)
2012 Olympic GamesLondon, England3rd Middleweight (90 kg)
2013 World Judo ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil3rd Middleweight (90 kg)
2014 World Judo ChampionshipsChelyabinsk, Russia1st Middleweight (90 kg)
2015 European GamesBaku, Azerbaijan3rd Middleweight (90 kg)
2016 Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil17thMiddleweight (90 kg)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ilias ILIADIS. European Judo Union. 12 September 2022. 21 February 2021. en-US.
  2. Web site: Ilias Iliadis boosts Uzbek team with experience and motivation. 12 September 2022. en.
  3. Web site: Ilias Iliadis . JudoInside.com . 25 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210501044157/https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/12544/Ilias_Iliadis/judo-career . 1 May 2021.