Ilias Iliadis
Ilias Iliadis (Greek: Ηλίας Ηλιάδης, born Jarji Zviadauri, Georgian: ჯარჯი ზვიადაური, on 10 November 1986) is a Georgian–Greek judoka who has been competing for Greece since the start of his international career.
![]() Iliadis at the 2008 Olympics Parade of Nations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Jarji Zviadauri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 10 November 1986 34) Akhmeta, Kakheti, Georgian SSR, USSR (modern Georgia) | (age|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
Achievements
External links
- Ilias Iliadis at JudoInside.com
- Ilias Iliadis at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Ilias Iliadis at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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Preceded by Pyrros Dimas |
Flagbearer for ![]() Beijing 2008 |
Succeeded by Alexandros Nikolaidis |