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.

Ilias Iliadis
Personal information
Birth nameJarji Zviadauri
Born10 November 1986 (1986-11-10) (age 34)
Akhmeta, Kakheti, Georgian SSR, USSR (modern Georgia)

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

YearTournamentVenuePlaceWeight class
2004Olympic Games Athens, Greece 1stHalf middleweight (81 kg)
European Judo Championships Bucharest, Romania 1stHalf middleweight (81 kg)
2005 World Judo Championships Cairo, Egypt 2ndMiddleweight (90 kg)
Mediterranean Games Almeria, Spain 1stMiddleweight (90 kg)
2007World Judo Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2ndMiddleweight (90 kg)
2009Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 1stMiddleweight (90 kg)
2010 World Judo Championships Tokyo, Japan 1stMiddleweight (90 kg)
European Judo Championships Vienna, Austria 3rdMiddleweight (90 kg)
2011European Judo Championships Istanbul, Turkey 1stMiddleweight (90 kg)
World Judo Championships Paris, France 1stMiddleweight (90 kg)
2012Olympic Games London, England 3rdMiddleweight (90 kg)
2013World Judo Championships Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3rdMiddleweight (90 kg)
2014World Judo Championships Chelyabinsk, Russia 1stMiddleweight (90 kg)
2015European Games Baku, Azerbaijan 3rdMiddleweight (90 kg)
2016Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 17thMiddleweight (90 kg)
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Pyrros Dimas
Flagbearer for  Greece
Beijing 2008
Succeeded by
Alexandros Nikolaidis


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