Giorgi Revazishvili (judoka)

Giorgi Revazishvili (born 16 November 1974) is a Georgian judoka. He was arrested and convicted on the charges of extortion of USD 8,000 from Greek businessman in Tbilisi.

Giorgi Revazishvili
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Georgia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1997 Paris 60 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Birmingham 60 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 The Hague 65 kg
Silver medal – second place 1997 Ostend 65 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Gdansk 60 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Oviedo 66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Wroclaw 73 kg
Teams World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Basel Teams
Teams European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 London Teams
Bronze medal – third place 1996 St. Petersburg Teams

After the court passed decision to imprison the perpetrators their friends, mainly wrestlers and relatives, destroyed the court hall and blocked the central Rustaveli Avenue inTbilisi. Riot police was deployed to the streets first time since the "Rose revolution" and police dispersed the demonstration.[1] The arrests of the wrestlers resulted in protests by other sportsmen. Some of them even refused to take part in preparatory training for the World Championship in wrestling. Nestor Khergiani, two time champion of Europe in judo, stated: “We are not going to wrestle! Let the government officials wrestle instead of us”.[2]

Later on, Zviad Zviadauri, Olympic champion in Judo and Dilar Khabuliani, former Minister of Interior and president of Judo Federation, apologized to the President Saakashvili for the riots.

Achievements
YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2002European Judo Championships 5thHalf lightweight (66 kg)
2000European Judo Championships 3rdLightweight (73 kg)
1999World Judo Championships 3rdExtra lightweight (60 kg)
European Judo Championships 5thHalf lightweight (66 kg)
1998European Judo Championships 3rdHalf lightweight (66 kg)
1997World Judo Championships 2ndExtra lightweight (60 kg)
European Judo Championships 2ndHalf lightweight (65 kg)
1996Olympic Games 7thHalf lightweight (65 kg)
European Judo Championships 1stHalf lightweight (65 kg)
1994European Judo Championships 3rdExtra lightweight (60 kg)

References
  1. "Civil.Ge | Police, Protesters Clash in Tbilisi". Archived from the original on 2014-01-09. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
  2. Khergiani quoted in newspaper Rezonansi, N 171 July 6, 2005


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