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Born | 5 December 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | –81 kg, –90 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | R64 (2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Profile at external databases | |||||||||||||||||||||
IJF | 2406 | ||||||||||||||||||||
JudoInside.com | 25770 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Updated on 11 February 2022. |
Saba Gavashelishvili (Georgian: საბა გავაშელიშვილი; born December 15, 1987) is a Georgian judoka, who played for the half-middleweight category.[1] He is a two-time Georgian judo champion, and a silver medalist for his division at the 2008 IJF World Cup Series in Prague, Czech Republic.[2][3]
Gavashelishvili represented Georgia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's half-middleweight class (81 kg). He lost the first preliminary round match, by an ippon and a sankaku-jime (triangle choke), to Portugal's João Neto.[4]