Nikoloz Sherazadishvili

{{Family name hatnote|Sherazadishvili|Sakvarelidze|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox judoka

| name = Nikoloz Sherazadishvili

| native_name = ნიკოლოზ შერაზადიშვილი

| native_name_lang = ka

| image = Nikoloz Sherazadishvili 2024.jpg

| fullname = Nikoloz Sherazadishvili Sakvarelidze{{Cite web|url=https://web.coe.es/COE/bd_perso.nsf/2012FDeportistaN3?OpenForm&query=13316*&DEPORTISTA=9661*|title=Nikoloz Sherazadishvili Sakvarelidze|website=Spanish Olympic Committee}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|2|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tbilisi, Georgia

| nationality = Georgian, Spanish

| height = 1.90m

| country = Spain

| weight_class = {{nbnd}}90 kg, {{nbnd}}100 kg

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| coach = Joaquin Ruiz

| olympics_rank = 5

| olympics_year = 2024

| olympics_weight = Men's 100 kg

| worlds_rank = 1

| worlds_year = 2018

| worlds_weight = Men's 90 kg

| worlds_year2 = 2021

| worlds_weight2 = Men's 90 kg

| regionals_type = EU

| regionals_rank = 3

| regionals_year = 2018

| regionals_weight = Men's 90 kg

| regionals_year2 = 2022

| regionals_weight2 = Men's 100 kg

| regionals_year3 = 2023

| regionals_weight3 = Men's 100 kg

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{{Medal|Country| {{ESP}} }}

{{Medal|G| 2018 Baku | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2021 Budapest | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2024 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2018 Tel Aviv | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2022 Sofia | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2023 Montpellier | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2018 Guangzhou | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2019 Qingdao | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2017 Saint Petersburg | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2017 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2019 Brasilia | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2019 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2020 Paris | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2024 Tbilisi | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2021 Tel Aviv | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2022 Antalya | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2022 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2024 Paris | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2018 Düsseldorf | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2019 Baku | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2020 Budapest | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2022 Budapest | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2017 Cancún | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2019 Budapest | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2018 The Hague | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2024 Odivelas | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2016 Tbilisi | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2014 Fort Lauderdale | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2015 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2016 Málaga | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2014 Bucharest | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2018 Tarragona | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2022 Oran | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

| updated = 3 August 2024

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Nikoloz Sherazadishvili Sakvarelidze ({{lang-ka|ნიკოლოზ შერაზადიშვილი საყვარელიძე}}; born 19 February 1996) is a judoka.{{Cite web|url=https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/80030/Nikoloz_Sherazadishvili/judo-career|title=Nikoloz Sherazadishvili, Judoka, JudoInside|website=judoinside.com|access-date=24 September 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ijf.org/judoka/16577|title=Nikoloz Sherazadishvili, Judoka, IJF|website=ijf.org|access-date=10 October 2020}} Born in Georgia, he competes internationally for Spain.

Early life

Sherazadishvili began training in the sports of Judo and Water Polo at the age of 10, and immigrated to Madrid, Spain with his parents at the age of 14, he then decided to focus on Judo, where he would enter a club ran by former-Olympian, Joaquín "Quino" Ruiz, in Brunete, just outside Madrid.{{Cite news |url=http://www.marca.com/otros-deportes/2018/04/28/5ae4654c22601da6718b45f3.html#selection-2071.0-2083.295 |title=Judo: Niko Sherazadishvili conquista la medalla de bronce en el Europ… |date=28 April 2018 |work= |access-date=24 September 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180428204352/http://www.marca.com/otros-deportes/2018/04/28/5ae4654c22601da6718b45f3.html#selection-2071.0-2083.295 |archive-date=28 April 2018 |url-status=dead}} Sherazadishvili was granted Spanish citizenship in 2014,{{Cite news |url=http://www.europapress.es/deportes/noticia-gobierno-concede-nacionalidad-espanola-georgianos-kalabegashvili-sherazadishvili-20140430162548.html#selection-517.1-535.254 |title=El Gobierno concede la nacionalidad española a los georgianos Kalabeg… |date=28 April 2018 |work= |access-date=24 September 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180428204346/http://www.europapress.es/deportes/noticia-gobierno-concede-nacionalidad-espanola-georgianos-kalabegashvili-sherazadishvili-20140430162548.html#selection-517.1-535.254 |archive-date=28 April 2018 |url-status=dead}} so he could begin competing under the Spanish flag.

Judo career

=2018=

In April 2018, Sherazadishvili competed at the 2018 European Judo Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel, where he would successfully win a bronze medal. He lost to Mikhail Igolnikov in the quarter-final match by ippon in 18 seconds; however, he then rebounded against Belarus' judoka, Yahor Varapayeu to give Sherazadishvili his first ever senior continental medal.{{Cite news|url=https://www.efe.com/efe/english/destacada/spanish-judoka-sherazadishvili-claims-90kg-bronze-in-european-championship/50000261-3599937|title=Spanish judoka Sherazadishvili claims −90kg bronze in European Championship|work=efe.com|access-date=24 September 2018|language=en}}

=2018 World Judo Championships=

On 24 September 2018, Sherazadishvili qualified for his first senior world championships, which were held in Baku, Azerbaijan. He would beat Iceland's Blondal in his first match and rematch his former opponent and 2018 European champion, Mikhail Igolnikov whom he would defeat by waza-ari. In the fourth round he would defeat Turkish judoka, Mikail Ozerler and would defeat former World Champion, Asley Gonzalez in the quarter-finals; advancing Sherazadishvili to the semi-finals. Sherazadishvili met with Hungary's Krisztian Toth whom he defeated by ippon and advanced to the finals against Ivan Felipe Silva. Sherazadishvili made history and became Spain's first ever world champion,{{Cite web|url=http://www.atlantico.net/articulo/deporte-local/nikoloz-sherazadishvili-famu-vigues-proclama-campeon-mundo-judo/20180924170641669941.html|title=Nikoloz Sherazadishvili, del Famu vigués, se proclama campeón del mundo de judo|last=Atlántico|website=Atlántico|date=24 September 2018 |language=es|access-date=24 September 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/deportes/otros-deportes/20180924/452008124486/nikoloz-sherazadishvili-campeon-mundial-judo.html|title=Nikoloz Sherazadishvili, primer judoka español que gana un Mundial|work=La Vanguardia|access-date=24 September 2018}} when he won by ippon in the finals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ijf.org/judoka/16577/contests|title=Nikoloz Sherazadishvili, Contests, IJF|website=ijf.org|access-date=10 October 2020}}{{Cite news|url=http://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/otros-deportes/noticias/9406882/09/18/El-judoca-espanol-Sherazadishvili-campeon-mundial-de-90-kilos.html|title=Nikoloz Sherazadishvili consigue el primer título de la historia de España en judo – EcoDiario.es|last=elEconomista.es|access-date=24 September 2018|language=es}}