Tato Grigalashvili Explained

Tato Grigalashvili
Headercolor:2024 World Champion
Birth Date:1999 12, df=yes
Height:178 cm
Country:Georgia
Weight Class:81 kg
Rank:Black
Club:Kraftsportverein Esslingen 1894
Olympics Rank:2
Olympics Year:2024
Olympics Weight:Men's 81 kg
Worlds Rank:1
Worlds Year:2022
Worlds Weight:Men's 81 kg
Worlds Year2:2023
Worlds Weight2:Men's 81 kg
Worlds Year3:2024
Worlds Weight3:Men's 81 kg
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:2020
Regionals Weight:Men's 81 kg
Regionals Year2:2022
Regionals Weight2:Men's 81 kg
Regionals Year3:2024
Regionals Weight3:Men's 81 kg
Highestranking:1st[1]
Updated:31 July 2024

Tato Grigalashvili (; born 1 December 1999)[2] is a Georgian judoka. He won the silver medal in the men's 81kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[3] He is a four-time medalist, including three gold medals, in the men's 81kg event at the World Judo Championships. He is also a three-time gold medalist in his event at the European Judo Championships.

Career

In 2018, Grigalashvili won one of the bronze medals in the men's 81 kg event at the Judo Grand Prix Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey.

The following year, Grigalashvili won one of the bronze medals in this event at the 2019 Judo Grand Prix Tbilisi held in Tbilisi, Georgia. In the same year, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 81kg event at the 2019 Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy.[4] [5]

In 2020, Grigalashvili won the gold medal in the men's 81 kg event at the Judo Grand Slam Düsseldorf held in Düsseldorf, Germany. He is also the gold medalist in the men's 81kg event at the 2020 European Judo Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic.[6] [7]

In 2021, Grigalashvili won the gold medal in his event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[8] [9] He won the silver medal in the men's 81kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[10]

Grigalashvili won the silver medal in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris held in Paris, France. He won the gold medal in the men's 81kg event at the 2022 European Judo Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

At 2024 Summer Olympics, he won silver medal at ‍–‍81 kg weight class.[3]

Achievements

Year Tournament Place Weight class
2019 3rd −81kg
2020 1st
20211st
2nd
2022 1st
1st
2023 1st
2nd
20241st
1st
2nd

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IJF World Ranking List . . 25 September 2021 . 16 . 20 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Tato Grigalashvili. 20 November 2020. JudoInside.com.
  3. News: Khalatyan . Rafael . 30 July 2024 . Judo: Nagase defends title, Leski stuns Olympic champion . 2 August 2024 . InsideTheGames.biz.
  4. Web site: Judo Results Book. 2019 Summer Universiade. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200524215833/http://universiade2019napoli.microplustiming.com/assets/pdf/JUD_CompleteResultsBook.pdf. 24 May 2020. 24 May 2020.
  5. News: Gillen. Nancy. 5 July 2019. Hosts claim first gold medal of Naples 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 20 May 2020.
  6. News: Browne. Ken. 20 November 2020. Clarisse Agbegnenou storms to fifth European title in Prague. Olympic Channel. live. 20 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201120172834/https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/day2-european-judo-champs-prague-clarisse-agbegnenou-wins-fifth-title/. 20 November 2020.
  7. Web site: Results. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201121173338/http://judolive01.lb.judobase.org/www.judo-world.net/eju/european/ec_sen2020_prague/tta.php?tta_mode=&aktion=pdf_sheet&klasse=&sprache=english. 21 November 2020. 5 December 2020. 2020 European Judo Championships.
  8. Web site: 2021 Judo World Masters. 11 January 2021. International Judo Federation.
  9. News: Gillen. Nancy. 12 January 2021. Four-time world champion Agbegnenou earns gold at IJF World Judo Masters. InsideTheGames.biz. live. 12 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210112191412/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102942/agbegnenou-wins-at-world-judo-masters. 12 January 2021.
  10. News: Berkeley. Geoff. 9 June 2021. Agbegnenou captures fifth world judo title with dominant display in Budapest. InsideTheGames.biz. 9 June 2021.