Zviad Gogotchuri | |
Native Name: | ზვიად გოგოჭური |
Birth Date: | 30 October 1986 |
Country: | Georgia |
Weight Class: | 90 kg, 100 kg |
Worlds Rank: | R32 |
Worlds Year: | 2011 |
Worlds Weight: | Men's 90 kg |
Regionals Type: | EU |
Regionals Rank: | 7 |
Regionals Year: | 2014 |
Regionals Weight: | Men's 90 kg |
Paralympics Rank: | 1 |
Paralympics Year: | 2016 |
Paralympics Weight: | Men's 90 kg |
Updated: | 27 November 2022 |
Zviad Gogotchuri (Georgian: ზვიად გოგოჭური, born 30 October 1986) is a visually impaired Georgian Paralympic judoka. He won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the 90 kg category. This marked his and Georgia's inaugural Paralympic medal.[1]
After arriving to Japan for the 2021 Summer Paralympics, he was arrested for assaulting a security guard at a Tokyo hotel on 16 August 2021.[2]