Irakli Bolkvadze

Irakli Bolkvadze (Georgian: ირაკლი ბოლქვაძე; born December 12, 1994, in Nicosia, Cyprus) is a Georgian swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke and individual medley events.^[1][2] He won a bronze medal in the boys' 200 m breaststroke at the 2012 European Junior Swimming Championships in Antwerp, Belgium with a time of 2:15.46.^[3] Bolkvadze is also trained by his personal coach Irina Minjulina.

Irakli Bolkvadze

Personal information
Nickname(s)	Ika, Bolkva
Nationality	Georgia
Born	(1994-12-12) 12 December 1994 (age 30) Nicosia, Cyprus
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke, medley
Club	Hamilton Aquatics Dubai
Coach	Georgi Abzianidze Irina Minjulina Chris Tidey[1]
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Georgia European Junior Championships 2012 Antwerp 200 m breaststroke

Bolkvadze qualified for the men's 200 m breaststroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by breaking a new Georgian record and eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:16.35 from the European Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.^[4][5] In Georgia's Olympic history, he also became the first ever swimmer to surpass an invitation time set by FINA.^[6] He dominated the first heat by two seconds ahead of Kyrgyzstan's Dmitrii Aleksandrov, lowering his Georgian record time to 2:15.86. Bolkvadze failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-eighth overall in the preliminary heats.^[7]

At the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Bolkvadze demolished a new Georgian record of 2:03.55 in the 200 m individual medley, but finished thirty-fifth from the morning prelims.^[8][9] Bolkvadze is currently a member of Hamilton Aquatics Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates under head coach Chris Tidey.

Personal bests

• 50 m breaststroke – 30.28
• 100 m breaststroke – 1:04.24
• 200 m breaststroke – 2:15.46
• 200 m individual medley – 2:03.55
• 400 m individual medley – 4:29.25