Shamil Borchashvili Explained
| Shamil Borchashvili |
| Nationality: | Austrian |
| Birth Date: | 1995 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Grozny, Chechnya, Russia |
| Employer: | Austrian Armed Forces |
| Weight: | 81 kg |
| Height: | 1.73 m[1] |
| Weight Class: | 81 kg |
| Rank: | Black |
| Rank Ref: | [2] |
| Dan: | 1 |
| League: | Erste Judo Bundesliga |
| Club: | Judo LZ Wels |
| Olympics Rank: | 3 |
| Olympics Year: | 2020 |
| Olympics Weight: | Men's 81 kg |
| Worlds Rank: | 3 |
| Worlds Year: | 2022 |
| Worlds Weight: | Men's 81 kg |
| Regionals Type: | EU |
| Regionals Rank: | 3 |
| Regionals Year: | 2024 |
| Regionals Weight: | Men's 81 kg |
| Updated: | 27 April 2024 |
Shamil Borchashvili (born 9 June 1995) is an Austrian judoka.[3] [4] He is a first degree black belt.[2]
Career
He immigrated to Wels, Austria with his family from Chechnya, Russia when he was a child.[5]
Borchashvili won the silver medal at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Tbilisi in the -81 kg class.[6]
Borchashvili won the bronze medal in the men's 81kg Judo competition in the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021 in Tokyo.[7]
Borchashvli won another bronze medal in the Men's 81 kg at the 2022 World Judo Championships by defeating 2020 Olympic silver medalist Saeid Mollaei.[8] [9]
Although he managed to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics he decided not to start and was replaced with his brother Wachid Borchashvili.[10] [11]
Personal life
His brothers Wachid Borchashvili and Kimran Borchashvili[de][12] are also part of the national team.[13] [14] Wachid won the gold medal at the 2023 Grand Slam Tbilisi.
Notes and References
- Web site: 2023-03-06. Shamil Borchashvili (Judo) : Prize list and results.
- Web site: Shamil Borchashvili. 21 February 2021 . English . European Judo Union . 2022-12-23.
- Web site: Shamil Borchashvili IJF Profile. English . IJF.org. 2021-04-22.
- Web site: Shamil Borchashvili JudoInside Profile. English . judoinside.com. 2021-04-22.
- Web site: 17 August 2017. Judo-Brüder kämpfen für Österreich. nachrichten.at. de. 2021-07-27.
- Web site: Results 2021 Grand Slam Tbilisi - 81 kg. English . IJF.org. 2021-04-22.
- Web site: Medaillengewinner von Tokio in der Hofburg geehrt . 2024-04-05 . DER STANDARD . de-AT.
- Web site: 2023-03-06. Tashkent World Championships Senior 2022 / IJF.org.
- Web site: Shamil Borchashvili holte in Taschkent WM-Bronze. German . Der Standard. 2021-04-22.
- Web site: Eichler . Wolfgang . 2024-05-31 . Borchashvili-Entscheidung gefallen . 2024-05-31 . Judo Austria . de-DE.
- Web site: Judo-Medaillenkandidat Shamil Borchashvili verzichtet für seinen Bruder auf Olympia . 2024-06-09 . DER STANDARD . de-AT.
- Web site: Markus Knaup . 2021-02-21 . Kimran Borchashvili . 2024-07-15 . European Judo Union . en-US.
- Web site: Judo-Verband leitet Disziplinarverfahren gegen Wachid Borchashvili ein . 2024-03-12 . DER STANDARD . de-AT.
- Web site: 2020-12-01 . Bundesheer-Leistungssportler/-innen . https://web.archive.org/web/20210824134759/https://www.bundesheer.at/sport/pdf/ls_sportlerliste.pdf . 2021-08-24 . 2021-02-22 . Webseite Bundesheer . Österreichisches Bundesheer . 2 . PDF.
