Irakli Tsirekidze ( ka, ირაკლი ცირეკიძე ) (born 3 May 1982) is a
Georgian judoka
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On 15 September 2007, he won a gold medal at the
world judo championships
The World Judo Championships are the highest level of international judo competition, next to the quadrennial judo events at the Summer Olympic Games. The world championships are held by the International Judo Federation annually, except the c ...
beating Greek
Ilias Iliadis by
yuko.
At the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
, he won a gold medal with beating Algerian
Amar Benikhlef in the final.
He became head coach of the Georgian National Judo Team after the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.
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1982 births
Male judoka from Georgia (country)
Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic judoka for Georgia (country)
Olympic gold medalists for Georgia (country)
Living people
Olympic medalists in judo
World judo champions
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Recipients of the Presidential Order of Excellence
21st-century sportsmen from Georgia (country)
Place of birth missing (living people)
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