Giorgi Asanidze ( ka, გიორგი ასანიძე; born 30 August 1975 in

Sachkhere Sachkhere ( ka, საჩხერე ) is a town at the northern edge of the Imereti Province in Western Georgia. It is the center of the Sachkhere Municipality. Farming is a major contributor to the economy of Sachkhere. Alva LLC estimates tha ...

) is a Georgian former

weightlifter Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

, Olympic Champion, World Champion, and three time European Champion who competed in the 85 kg and 77 kg categories.

Career

Weightlifting

He competed at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

where he won a bronze medal (all three medalists had the same total of 390 kg, but the medals were determined by lowest body weight), and the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

where he won gold. He is currently the coach for the Georgian National Weightlifting Team, including European medalist

Goga Chkheidze Goga Chkheidze ( ka, გოგა ჩხეიძე; born 11 February 1996) is a Georgian weightlifter competing in the 69 kg division until 2018 and 67 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the catego ...

, European champion Shota Mishvelidze, Olympic bronze medalist Anton Pliesnoi, and three-time Olympic champion

Lasha Talakhadze Lasha Talakhadze ( ka, ლაშა ტალახაძე; ; born 2 October 1993) is a Georgian weightlifter, holding the all-time world records independent of weight category in the snatch (225 kg, 496 lb), the clean and jerk (267& ...

Government

He was elected to the

Parliament of Georgia The Parliament of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს პარლამენტი, tr) is the supreme national legislature of Georgia. It is a unicameral parliament, currently consisting of 150 members elected through fully pr ...

from the

United National Movement United National Movement (UNM; ka, ერთიანი ნაციონალური მოძრაობა, tr) also colloquially known as the Natsebi is a liberal conservative political party in Georgia. Tina Bokuchava serves as the p ...

in 2004. He was reelected in the May 2008 Parliamentary election from

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

's Gldani constituency on the same party ticket.

Major results

Career bests

* Snatch: 181 kg *

Clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without rest ...

: 210 kg * Total: 391 kg 2000 European Championship in the class to 85 kg.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Asanidze, George 1975 births Living people People from Sachkhere Sportspeople from Imereti Male weightlifters from Georgia (country) Olympic weightlifters for Georgia (country) Olympic gold medalists for Georgia (country) Olympic bronze medalists for Georgia (country) Olympic medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Members of the Parliament of Georgia United National Movement (Georgia) politicians Recipients of the Presidential Order of Excellence European Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists