Vazha Margvelashvili

Vazha Margvelashvili (Georgian: ვაჟა მარგველაშვილი; born 3 October 1993) is a Georgian judoka.^[1] He won the gold medal at the 2016^[2][3] and the 2024 European Judo Championships, and the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 66 kg event.

Vazha Margvelashvili

Personal information
Native name	ვაჟა მარგველაშვილი
Born	(1993-10-03) 3 October 1993 (age 31) Gori, Georgia
Occupation	Judoka
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country	Georgia
Sport	Judo
Weight class	‍–‍66 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(2020)
World Champ.	(2017, 2024)
European Champ.	(2016, 2024)
Medal record Men's judo Representing  Georgia Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo ‍–‍66 kg World Championships 2017 Budapest ‍–‍66 kg 2024 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍66 kg European Games 2019 Minsk ‍–‍66 kg European Championships 2016 Kazan ‍–‍66 kg 2024 Zagreb ‍–‍66 kg 2021 Lisbon ‍–‍66 kg World Masters 2017 Saint Petersburg ‍–‍66 kg 2018 Guangzhou ‍–‍66 kg 2019 Qingdao ‍–‍66 kg 2021 Doha ‍–‍66 kg IJF Grand Slam 2018 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍66 kg 2023 Tel Aviv ‍–‍66 kg 2023 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍66 kg 2019 Paris ‍–‍66 kg 2020 Düsseldorf ‍–‍66 kg 2021 Tbilisi ‍–‍66 kg 2017 Paris ‍–‍66 kg 2017 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍66 kg 2022 Paris ‍–‍66 kg 2022 Tbilisi ‍–‍66 kg 2025 Paris ‍–‍66 kg IJF Grand Prix 2016 Tbilisi ‍–‍66 kg 2017 Düsseldorf ‍–‍66 kg 2018 Tbilisi ‍–‍66 kg 2018 The Hague ‍–‍66 kg 2015 Düsseldorf ‍–‍66 kg 2016 Havana ‍–‍66 kg 2016 Düsseldorf ‍–‍66 kg European Junior Championships 2012 Poreč ‍–‍60 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	9546
JudoInside.com	73171
Updated on 2 February 2025

In 2021, Margvelashvili won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.^[4][5] A few months later, he won the silver medal in the men's 66 kg event at the 2021 European Judo Championships held in Lisbon, Portugal.^[6]

Margvelashvili won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris held in Paris, France.^[7]