Nikoloz Sherazadishvili

Nikoloz Sherazadishvili

Personal information
Native name	ნიკოლოზ შერაზადიშვილი
Nationality	Georgian, Spanish
Born	(1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 Tbilisi, Georgia
Died	Not recognized as a date. Years must have 4 digits (use leading zeros for years < 1000). (aged )
Occupation	Judoka
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Website
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Country	Spain
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–90 kg
Coached by	Joaquin Ruiz
Achievements and titles
World finals	(2018, 2021)
Regional finals	(2018, 2022)
Olympic finals	7th (2020)
Medal record Men's judo Representing Spain World Championships 2018 Baku –90 kg 2021 Budapest –90 kg European Championships 2018 Tel Aviv –90 kg 2022 Sofia –100 kg World Masters 2018 Guangzhou –90 kg 2019 Qingdao –90 kg 2017 Saint Petersburg –90 kg IJF Grand Slam 2017 Abu Dhabi –90 kg 2019 Brasilia –90 kg 2019 Abu Dhabi –90 kg 2020 Paris –90 kg 2021 Tel Aviv –90 kg 2022 Antalya –100 kg 2018 Düsseldorf –90 kg 2019 Baku –90 kg 2020 Budapest –90 kg 2022 Budapest –100 kg IJF Grand Prix 2017 Cancún –90 kg 2019 Budapest –90 kg 2018 The Hague –90 kg 2016 Tbilisi –90 kg World Juniors Championships 2014 Fort Lauderdale –90 kg 2015 Abu Dhabi –90 kg European Junior Championships 2016 Málaga –90 kg 2014 Bucharest –90 kg Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona –90 kg
Profile at external databases
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Updated on 10 July 2022.

Nikoloz Sherazadishvili (Georgian: ნიკოლოზ შერაზადიშვილი; born 19 February 1996) is a Georgian-born, Spanish judoka.

Early life

Sherazadishvili began training in the sports of Judo and Water Polo at the age of 10, and immigrated to Madrid, Spain with his parents at the age of 14, he then decided to focus on Judo, where he would enter a club ran by former-Olympian, Joaquín "Quino" Ruiz, in Brunete, just outside Madrid. Sherazadishvili was granted Spanish citizenship in 2014, so he could begin competing under the Spanish flag.

Judo career

2018

In April 2018, Sherazadishvili competed at the 2018 European Judo Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel, where he would successfully win a bronze medal. He lost to Mikhail Igolnikov in the quarter-final match by ippon in 18 seconds; however, he then rebounded against Belarus' judoka, Yahor Varapayeu to give Sherazadishvili his first ever senior continental medal.

2018 World Judo Championships

On 24 September 2018, Sherazadishvili qualified for his first senior world championships, which were held in Baku, Azerbaijan. He would beat Iceland's Blondal in his first match and rematch his former opponent and 2018 European champion, Mikhail Igolnikov whom he would defeat by waza-ari. In the fourth round he would defeat Turkish judoka, Mikail Ozerler and would defeat former World Champion, Asley Gonzalez in the quarter-finals; advancing Sherazadishvili to the semi-finals. Sherazadishvili met with Hungary's Krisztian Toth whom he defeated by ippon and advanced to the finals against Ivan Felipe Silva. Sherazadishvili made history and became Spain's first ever world champion, when he won by ippon in the finals.