Personal information | |
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Born | 26 December 1958 |
Occupation | Judoka |
Sport | |
Country | Soviet Union |
Sport | Judo |
Weight class | –78 kg |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic Games | ( 1980) |
World Champ. | ( 1983) |
European Champ. | ( 1979, 1982) |
Medal record | |
Profile at external databases | |
IJF | 793 |
JudoInside.com | 5821 |
Updated on 20 June 2023. |
Shota Khabareli (
Georgian: შოთა ხაბარელი; born 26 December 1958) is a
Georgian
judoka who competed for the
Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he won the gold medal in the
half-middleweight class.
Khabareli was a bronze medallist in the 1983 World Championships in Moscow and two times silver medalist in the European Championships; first in Brussels 1979 and again in Rostock 1982. Khabareli also won continental bronze medals in Debrecen 1981 and Paris 1983.
Khabareli was a champion of the international tournaments in Warsaw in 1978 and Hungary in 1979. He was also a silver medalist in Budapest in 1985 and bronze medallist of the Jigoro Kano Cup in Tokyo in 1982.
Khabareli is famous for the knee lift throw, [1] also known in sumo as yagura nage.
Personal information | |
---|---|
Born | 26 December 1958 |
Occupation | Judoka |
Sport | |
Country | Soviet Union |
Sport | Judo |
Weight class | –78 kg |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic Games | ( 1980) |
World Champ. | ( 1983) |
European Champ. | ( 1979, 1982) |
Medal record | |
Profile at external databases | |
IJF | 793 |
JudoInside.com | 5821 |
Updated on 20 June 2023. |
Shota Khabareli (
Georgian: შოთა ხაბარელი; born 26 December 1958) is a
Georgian
judoka who competed for the
Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he won the gold medal in the
half-middleweight class.
Khabareli was a bronze medallist in the 1983 World Championships in Moscow and two times silver medalist in the European Championships; first in Brussels 1979 and again in Rostock 1982. Khabareli also won continental bronze medals in Debrecen 1981 and Paris 1983.
Khabareli was a champion of the international tournaments in Warsaw in 1978 and Hungary in 1979. He was also a silver medalist in Budapest in 1985 and bronze medallist of the Jigoro Kano Cup in Tokyo in 1982.
Khabareli is famous for the knee lift throw, [1] also known in sumo as yagura nage.