Beka Gviniashvili (born 26 October 1995) is a Georgian

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who became European Junior Champion in

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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, and

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

and won the World Junior Championships in

in Ljubljana and in

in Abu Dhabi and EYOF in

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

. He also became the U23 European Championship in

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

in Tel Aviv. With the Georgian Juniors, he won the World and European titles. He is a promising rising

. He placed 5th at the

2015 World Judo Championships The 2015 World Judo Championships were held in Astana, Kazakhstan, from 24–30 August 2015. The competition was held at the Alau Ice Palace. Schedule ''All times are local (Time in Kazakhstan, UTC+6).'' Medal summary Medal table Men's eve ...

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after losing in the bronze medal final against one of his colleagues

Varlam Liparteliani Varlam Liparteliani (; born 27 February 1989) is a Georgian retired judoka. He has won silver at Olympic and World level. Career Liparteliani competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 90 kg event and lost in the second round to Mark An ...

. He competed at the

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in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 100 kg category where he placed 7th. He took bronze at the 2017 European Judo Championships in the men's 90 kg category. In 2021, Gviniashvili won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.

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* * * * Male judoka from Georgia (country) 1995 births Living people Judoka at the 2015 European Games Judoka at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in judo European Games silver medalists for Georgia (country) Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Georgia (country) 21st-century sportsmen from Georgia (country) Place of birth missing (living people) Judoka at the 2023 European Games European Games gold medalists for Georgia (country) {{Georgia-judo-bio-stub