Ilia Sulamanidze

Ilia Sulamanidze (Georgian: ილია სულამანიძე; born 18 June 2001) is a Georgian judoka. He won silver medal in the men's 100 kg event at 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.^[3]

Ilia Sulamanidze

Sulamanidze in 2024
Personal information
Native name	ილია სულამანიძე
Born	(2001-06-18) 18 June 2001 (age 24)
Occupation	Judoka
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Sport
Country	Georgia
Sport	Judo
Weight class	‍–‍100 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(2024)
World Champ.	(2021)
European Champ.	(2025)
Highest world ranking	1st[1][2]
Medal record Men's judo Representing  Georgia Olympic Games 2024 Paris ‍–‍100 kg World Championships 2021 Budapest ‍–‍100 kg European Championships 2025 Podgorica ‍–‍100 kg 2023 Montpellier ‍–‍100 kg 2024 Zagreb ‍–‍100 kg World Masters 2022 Jerusalem ‍–‍100 kg 2023 Budapest ‍–‍100 kg IJF Grand Slam 2022 Tel Aviv ‍–‍100 kg 2023 Tbilisi ‍–‍100 kg 2023 Baku ‍–‍100 kg 2024 Baku ‍–‍100 kg 2021 Tbilisi ‍–‍100 kg 2021 Tel Aviv ‍–‍100 kg IJF Grand Prix 2023 Almada ‍–‍100 kg 2022 Zagreb ‍–‍100 kg European U23 Championships 2021 Budapest ‍–‍100 kg 2022 Sarajevo ‍–‍100 kg World Juniors Championships 2021 Olbia ‍–‍100 kg 2019 Marrakesh ‍–‍100 kg European Junior Championships 2019 Vantaa ‍–‍100 kg 2020 Poreč ‍–‍100 kg 2021 Luxembourg ‍–‍100 kg European Cadet Championships 2018 Sarajevo ‍–‍90 kg Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires ‍–‍100 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	38158
JudoInside.com	112163
Updated on 26 April 2025

In April 2021, Sulamanidze lost his bronze medal match in the men's 100 kg event at the European Judo Championships held in Lisbon, Portugal.^[4]

Sulamanidze won the 2021 rising star award at the 2021 Judo Awards.^[5]

Sulamanidze won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.^[6]