Shamil Borchashvili

{{Infobox judoka

| name = Shamil Borchashvili

| image = Oliver-Sellner-Runde-1-Maenner-1.-Bundesliga-2022.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Borchashvili (blue) participates in the Austrian 1. Bundesliga 2022

| nationality = Austrian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|06|09}}

| birth_place = Grozny, Chechnya, Russia

| employer = Austrian Armed Forces

| weight = 81 kg

| height = 1.73 m{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-06|title=Shamil Borchashvili (Judo) : Prize list and results|url=https://www.the-sports.org/t-spf558665.html}}

| country = {{AUT}}

| weight_class = {{nbnd}}81 kg

| rank = Black

| rank_ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.eju.net/eju/judoka/?judokaId=41412 |title=Shamil Borchashvili|date=21 February 2021 |language=English |publisher=European Judo Union |accessdate=2022-12-23}}

| dan = 1

| league = Erste Judo Bundesliga

| club = Judo LZ Wels

| coach = Yvonne Snir-Bönisch

| olympics_rank = 3

| olympics_year = 2020

| olympics_weight = Men's 81 kg

| worlds_rank = 3

| worlds_year = 2022

| worlds_weight = Men's 81 kg

| regionals_type = EU

| regionals_rank = 3

| regionals_year = 2024

| regionals_weight = Men's 81 kg

| nationals =

| show-medals =

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Country| {{AUT}} }}

{{Medal|B| 2020 Tokyo | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2022 Tashkent | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2024 Zagreb | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2021 Tbilisi | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2022 Ulaanbaatar | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2023 Tashkent | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2023 Baku | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2024 Tashkent | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2023 Linz | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2019 Tashkent | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

| updated = 27 April 2024

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Shamil Borchashvili (born 9 June 1995) is an Austrian judoka.{{cite web|url=https://www.ijf.org/judoka/41412 |title=Shamil Borchashvili IJF Profile|language=English |publisher=IJF.org|accessdate=2021-04-22}}{{cite web|url=https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/60508/Shamil_Borchashvili |title=Shamil Borchashvili JudoInside Profile|language=English |publisher=judoinside.com|accessdate=2021-04-22}} He is a first degree black belt.

Career

He immigrated to Wels, Austria with his family from Chechnya, Russia when he was a child.{{Cite web|date=17 August 2017|title=Judo-Brüder kämpfen für Österreich|url=https://www.nachrichten.at/oberoesterreich/wels/Judo-Brueder-kaempfen-fuer-OEsterreich;art67,2652344|website=nachrichten.at|language=de|accessdate=2021-07-27}}

Borchashvili won the silver medal at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Tbilisi in the -81 kg class.{{cite web|url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2233/results?id_weight=4 |title=Results 2021 Grand Slam Tbilisi - 81 kg|language=English |publisher=IJF.org|accessdate=2021-04-22}}

Borchashvili won the bronze medal in the men's 81kg Judo competition in the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021 in Tokyo.{{Cite web |title=Medaillengewinner von Tokio in der Hofburg geehrt |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000128839354/medaillenfeier-der-olympia-athleten-muenzen-schmaehs-und-blumen |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=DER STANDARD |language=de-AT}}

Borchashvli won another bronze medal in the Men's 81 kg at the 2022 World Judo Championships by defeating 2020 Olympic silver medalist Saeid Mollaei.{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-06|title=Tashkent World Championships Senior 2022 / IJF.org|url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2298/results?id_weight=4}}{{cite web|url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000139814057/shamil-borchashvili-holte-in-taschkent-wm-bronze |title=Shamil Borchashvili holte in Taschkent WM-Bronze|language=German |publisher=Der Standard|accessdate=2021-04-22}}

Borchashvili wanted to compete at the 2022 Judo World Masters in Jerusalem without the coach. Since this was deemed unacceptable by the Austrian Judo Federation, his registration for the tournament was withdrawn for disciplinary reasons.{{cite web|access-date=2024-12-17 |author=Wolfgang Eichler |date=2022-12-18 |language=de-DE |title=Nennung zurückgezogen |url=https://www.judoaustria.at/nennung-zurueckgezogen/ |website=Judo Austria}}

Although he managed to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics he decided not to start and was replaced with his brother Wachid Borchashvili.{{Cite web |last=Eichler |first=Wolfgang |date=2024-05-31 |title=Borchashvili-Entscheidung gefallen |url=https://www.judoaustria.at/borchashvili-entscheidung-gefallen/ |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=Judo Austria |language=de-DE}}{{Cite web |title=Judo-Medaillenkandidat Shamil Borchashvili verzichtet für seinen Bruder auf Olympia |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000222422/judo-medaillenkandidat-shamil-borchashvili-verzichtet-fuer-seinen-bruder-auf-olympia |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=DER STANDARD |language=de-AT}}

Personal life

Borchashvili is a graduate of the mechanical engineering department of the HTL Wels.{{cite web|access-date=2021-07-28 |language=de |title=Shamil Borchashvili: "Zu Hause geht es ab" |url=https://www.laola1.at/de/red/sport-mix/olympia-2020/olympia-mix/judo/bronze-gewinner-shamil-borchasvhili---zu-hause-geht-es-ab--/}}

His brothers Wachid Borchashvili and Kimran Borchashvili_[de]{{cite web |author=Markus Knaup |date=2021-02-21 |title=Kimran Borchashvili |url=https://www.eju.net/eju/judoka/?judokaId=24765 |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=European Judo Union |language=en-US}} are also part of the national team.{{Cite web |title=Judo-Verband leitet Disziplinarverfahren gegen Wachid Borchashvili ein |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000181568/judo-verband-leitet-disziplinarverfahren-gegen-w-borchashvili-ein |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=DER STANDARD |language=de-AT}}{{cite web |date=2020-12-01 |title=Bundesheer-Leistungssportler/-innen |url=https://www.bundesheer.at/sport/pdf/ls_sportlerliste.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824134759/https://www.bundesheer.at/sport/pdf/ls_sportlerliste.pdf |archive-date=2021-08-24 |access-date=2021-02-22 |website=Webseite Bundesheer |publisher=Österreichisches Bundesheer |pages=2 |format=PDF}} Wachid won the gold medal at the 2023 Grand Slam Tbilisi.

In the fall of 2024, the Borchashvili brothers founded a new martial arts club.{{cite web|access-date=2024-10-28 |language=de |title=Borchashvili-Brüder gründen eigenen Verein: Shamil ist Obmann |url=https://www.nachrichten.at/sport/mehr_sport/shamil-borchashvili-ist-jetzt-obmann-seines-eigenen-vereins;art109,3988071}}