Ilias Iliadis (judoka)

This article is about the Greek judoka. For the Greek-Canadian footballer, see Ilias Iliadis (footballer).

Ilias Iliadis

File:2008 Summer Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Ilias Iliadis (cropped).jpg Iliadis at the 2008 Olympics Parade of Nations
Personal information
Birth name	Jarji Zviadauri
Born	10 November 1986 (1986-11-10) (age 37) Akhmeta, Kakheti, Georgian SSR, USSR (modern Georgia)
Died	Not recognized as a date. Years must have 4 digits (use leading zeros for years < 1000). (aged )
Occupation	Judoka
Website
Sport
Country	Greece
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–81 kg, –90 kg
Rank	4th dan black belt in Judo
Now coaching	Uzbek national team
Achievements and titles
World finals	(2010, 2011, 2014)
Regional finals	(2004, 2011)
Olympic finals	(2004)
Medal record Men's judo Representing Greece Olympic Games 2004 Athens –81 kg 2012 London –90 kg World Championships 2010 Tokyo –90 kg 2011 Paris –90 kg 2014 Chelyabinsk –90 kg 2005 Cairo –90 kg 2007 Rio de Janeiro –90 kg 2013 Rio de Janeiro –90 kg European Games 2015 Baku –90 kg European Championships 2004 Bucharest –81 kg 2011 Istanbul –90 kg 2010 Vienna –90 kg World Masters 2013 Tyumen –90 kg 2011 Baku –90 kg IJF Grand Slam 2011 Moscow –90 kg 2012 Moscow –90 kg 2012 Tokyo –100 kg IJF Grand Prix 2014 Düsseldorf –90 kg 2013 Jeju –90 kg 2013 Düsseldorf –90 kg 2015 Jeju –90 kg European U23 Championships 2003 Yerevan –73 kg 2006 Moscow –100 kg European Junior Championships 2002 Rotterdam –73 kg European Cadet Championships 2002 Győr –73 kg Mediterranean Games 2005 Almeria –90 kg 2009 Pescara –90 kg
Profile at external databases
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Updated on 15 November 2022.

Ilias Iliadis (Greek: Ηλίας Ηλιάδης, born Jarji Zviadauri, Georgian: ჯარჯი ზვიადაური, on 10 November 1986) is a Georgian-born Greek judoka. He was named the 2014 Greek Male Athlete of the Year.

He won a gold medal in the half-middleweight (81 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens at age 17. Illiadis also won a gold medal 6 years later at the 2010 World Judo Championships in Tokyo in the −90 kg category.

As Greece's flagbearer, he had the honour of being the first athlete to march into the Bird's Nest Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Iliadis is a cousin of another Olympic champion, Georgian judoka Zurab Zviadauri, who also won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympic games. Iliadis's family moved to Greece in 2003. He was adopted by Nikos Iliadis.

Since November 2019 Iliadis works as head coach for the Uzbek national team.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Place	Weight class
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	1st	Half middleweight (81 kg)
	European Judo Championships	Bucharest, Romania	1st	Half middleweight (81 kg)
2005	World Judo Championships	Cairo, Egypt	2nd	Middleweight (90 kg)
	Mediterranean Games	Almeria, Spain	1st	Middleweight (90 kg)
2007	World Judo Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2nd	Middleweight (90 kg)
2009	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	1st	Middleweight (90 kg)
2010	World Judo Championships	Tokyo, Japan	1st	Middleweight (90 kg)
	European Judo Championships	Vienna, Austria	3rd	Middleweight (90 kg)
2011	European Judo Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	1st	Middleweight (90 kg)
	World Judo Championships	Paris, France	1st	Middleweight (90 kg)
2012	Olympic Games	London, England	3rd	Middleweight (90 kg)
2013	World Judo Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3rd	Middleweight (90 kg)
2014	World Judo Championships	Chelyabinsk, Russia	1st	Middleweight (90 kg)
2015	European Games	Baku, Azerbaijan	3rd	Middleweight (90 kg)
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	17th	Middleweight (90 kg)

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Ilias Iliadis at databaseOlympics.com (archived)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Pyrros Dimas	Flagbearer for Greece Beijing 2008	Succeeded by Alexandros Nikolaidis