Georgii Zantaraia
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| Native name | გიორგი ზანთარაია | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ethnicity | Georgian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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21 October 1987 Gali, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Kiev, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Georgii Zantaraia (Georgian: გიორგი ზანთარაია; Ukrainian: Георгій Малхазович Зантарая; born 21 October 1987 in Gali)[1] is a Georgian-born Ukrainian judoka.
Zantaraia became World Champion -60 kg at the 2009 World Judo Championships in Rotterdam.[2] That same year he won the silver medal at the 2009 European Judo Championships in Tbilisi not being able to beat Arsen Galstyan.
In 2010 Zantaraia won the silver medal at the 2010 World Judo Championships in Tokyo, unable to defend his title against Rishod Sobirov who would retain his title in 2011, while Zantaraia claimed the bronze that year in Paris.[3] Zantaraia would however win his first European title at the 2011 European Judo Championships in Istanbul beating Betkil Shukvani in the final.[4] In 2013 Zantaraia won another bronze medal at the 2013 World Judo Championships in Rio de Janeiro.[5]
Palmares
- 2003
European Youth Olympic Festival -55 kg, Paris- 2005
Ukrainian Championships -60 kg, Donetsk- 2006
- European U20 Championships, -60 kg, Tallinn
- World Cup -60 kg, Vienna
World Cup -60 kg, Borås- 2007
- Ukrainian Sport Games -60 kg, Cherkassy
- World Cup -60 kg, Bucharest
- World Cup -60 kg, Rotterdam
- European U23 Championships -60 kg, Salzburg
- 2008
- Ukrainian Championships -60 kg, Kharkov
- World Cup -60 kg, Prague
- World Cup -60 kg, Paris
- World Cup -60 kg, Vienna
- European U23 Championships -60 kg, Zagreb
- 2009
- World Championships -60 kg, Rotterdam
- Grand Prix -60 kg, Abu Dhabi
- European Championships -60 kg, Tbilisi
- World Cup -60 kg, Warsaw
- 2010
- Grand Prix -60 kg, Düsseldorf
- European Cup -66 kg, Hamburg
- World Championships -60 kg, Tokyo
- European Cup -66 kg, Celje
- Grand Prix -60 kg, Tunis
- European Championships for clubs, Cheboksary
- 2011
- European Championships -66 kg, Istanbul
- Grand Prix -60 kg, Qingdao
- European Cup -66 kg, Celje
- European Cup -66 kg, Hamburg
- World Championships -60 kg, Paris
- Grand Slam -60 kg, Paris
- Grand Prix -60 kg, Baku
- 2012
- Ukrainian Championships -66 kg, Sevastopol
- Ukrainian Team Championships -66 kg, Sevastopol
- 2013
- Grand Prix -66 kg, Samsun
- European Open -66 kg, Warsaw
- World Championships -66 kg, Rio de Janeiro
- European Team Championships -66 kg, Budapest
- 2014
- ECCO Team Challenge (Europe), Tyumen
- World Championships -66 kg, Chelyabinsk
- 2015
- Grand Prix -66 kg, Tbilisi
- Grand Prix -66 kg, Zagreb
- World Masters -66 kg, Morocco