Shamil Borchashvili (born 9 June 1995) is an Austrian

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. He immigrated to

Wels Wels (; Central Bavarian: ''Wös'') is a city in Upper Austria, on the Traun River near Linz. It is the county seat of Wels-Land, and with a population of approximately 60,000, the eighth largest city in Austria. Geography Wels is in the ...

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with his family from Chechnya,

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when he was a child. Borchashvili won the silver medal at the

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in the -81 kg class. Borchashvili won the bronze medal in the men's 81kg Judo competition in the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021 in

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. Borchashvli won another bronze medal in the Men's 81 kg at the

2022 World Judo Championships The 2022 World Judo Championships was held at the Humo Ice Dome in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 6 to 13 October 2022, concluding with the mixed team event on its final day. Scheduling The competition was originally scheduled to take place from 7 ...

by defeating 2020 Olympic silver medalist

Saeid Mollaei Saeid Mollaei ( fa, سعید ملایی; mn, Саид Моллай; az, Səid Mollayi) was born on January 5, 1992, in Tehran to ethnic Azerbaijani parents originally from Khoy. In 2001, at the age of 10, he entered the Persian Gulf Judo Schoo ...

. He is a first degree black belt.

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* * * * Living people 1995 births Austrian male judoka Austrian people of Georgian descent Austrian people of Chechen descent Judoka at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in judo European Games bronze medalists for Austria Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Austria Olympic medalists in judo Olympic bronze medalists for Austria Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Chechen people People from Wels Sportspeople from Upper Austria 21st-century Austrian people {{Austria-judo-bio-stub