Shota Mishvelidze Explained

Nationality:	Georgian
Birth Date:	18 October 1994
Birth Place:	Kutaisi, Georgia
Weight:	60.98 kg
Sport:	Weightlifting
Event:	61 kg

Shota Mishvelidze (Georgian: შოთა მიშველიძე; born 18 October 1994)^[1] is a Georgian male weightlifter, and European Champion competing in the 62 kg category until 2018 and 61 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.^[2]

Career

Olympic Games

Mishvelidze competed at two Olympics Games. In 2021, he represented Georgia in 61 kg category at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He had one successful attempt in Snatch and Clean & Jerk and finished seventh with 285 kg in total.

In August 2024, Mishvelidze again competed in the men's 61 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He lifted 256 kg in total which was enough for a sixth-place finish.

World Championships

He competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in the 62 kg division, winning a bronze medal in the total.^[3] The competition was close as he was only 1 kg from the silver medalist Yoichi Itokazu and 2 kg from the gold medalist Francisco Mosquera.

In 2021, he won the silver medal in the men's 61kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.^{[4] [5]}

European Championships

Mishvelidze competed at the men's 62 kg event at the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania, winning a silver medal in the snatch portion competition (134 kg), a gold medal in the clean and jerk portion (165 kg) and a gold medal for the total with (299 kg).^[6]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
width=60	1	width=60	2	width=60	3	width=45	Rank	width=60	1	width=60	2	width=60	3	width=45	Rank
Summer Olympics
			130	134	135		155	163	165		285	7
	align=left			114	121	128		125	135	150		256	6
World Championships
	align=left			134	138	140	18	160	165	165	33	300	26
	align=left			130	130	135	4	148	157	163	5	298
	align=left			130	135	139	7	155	155	158	9	293	7
	align=left			130	135	135	4	152	160	163	16	287	7
	align=left			126	126	131		150	155	160		286
	align=left			130	135	136	6	155	165	163	11	285	8
	align=left			132	136	136		156	161	161	13	297	4
IWF World Cup
		61 kg	123	128	131		145	151	155		286
		61 kg	130	130	130	8	152	160	160	14	282	12
European Championships
	align=left		62 kg	129	133	134		152	158	165		299
	align=left		61 kg	125	129	129	4	147	149	156		281	4
	align=left			129	131	135		155	159	162	5	290
	align=left			135	139	142		164	165	165		307
	align=left			129	133	136		154	155	162		298

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017 IWF World Championships Results Book . . 5 December 2017 . 31 March 2018.
2. http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/M61A.pdf PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 61 kg
3. Web site: 8 winners for 9 medals in the Men's 62kg. IWF.net. 30 November 2017 . 7 April 2019.
4. News: Oliver. Brian. 9 December 2021. South Korean teenager Shin stuns older rivals at IWF World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 9 December 2021.
5. Web site: 2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211217203058/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/12/Results_Book_2021_World_Championships_.pdf. 17 December 2021. 17 December 2021. International Weightlifting Federation.
6. Web site: 2018 European Championships Results Book . 7 April 2019 . 30 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200930063037/http://www.ewfed.com/2018/Senior/Results/EWC_2018_Results_Book.pdf . dead .