Varlam Liparteliani

{{Infobox judoka

| name = Varlam Liparteliani

| image = 2010 Varlam Liparteliani.JPG

| caption = Varlam Liparteliani (GEO) in the final of the team competition at the 2010 European Judo Championships in Vienna

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|2|27}}

| birth_place = Lentekhi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union

| nationality = Georgian

| height = 1.87 m

| country = {{GEO}}

| weight_class = {{nbnd}}100 kg

| dan = 3

| coach = Giorgi Baindurashvili

| retired = 24 March 2024{{cite news |last1=Cowen |first1=Thea |title=Captain Liparteliani bows out |url=https://www.eju.net/captain-liparteliani-bows-out |access-date=20 February 2025 |work=European Judo Union |date=24 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112060708/https://www.eju.net/captain-liparteliani-bows-out |archive-date=12 November 2024}}

| olympics_rank = 2

| olympics_year = 2016

| olympics_weight = Men's 90 kg

| worlds_rank = 2

| worlds_year = 2013

| worlds_weight = Men's 90 kg

| worlds_year2 = 2017

| worlds_weight2 = Men's 100 kg

| worlds_year3 = 2018

| worlds_weight3 = Men's 100 kg

| regionals_type = EU

| regionals_rank = 1

| regionals_year = 2012

| regionals_weight = Men's 90 kg

| regionals_year2 = 2014

| regionals_weight2 = Men's 90 kg

| regionals_year3 = 2016

| regionals_weight3 = Men's 90 kg

| nationals =

| show-medals =

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Country| {{GEO}} }}

{{Medal|S| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2013 Rio de Janeiro | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2017 Budapest | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2018 Baku | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

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

{{Medal|B| 2015 Astana | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2021 Budapest | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2015 Baku | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2019 Minsk | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2012 Chelyabinsk | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2014 Montpellier | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2016 Kazan | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2009 Tbilisi | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2010 Vienna | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2013 Budapest | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2021 Lisbon | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2011 Istanbul | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2017 Saint Petersburg | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2018 Guangzhou | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2021 Doha | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2013 Tyumen | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2019 Qingdao | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2012 Rio de Janeiro | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2013 Paris | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2015 Paris | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2018 Düsseldorf | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2019 Paris | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2023 Tashkent | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2014 Paris | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2020 Paris | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

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

{{Medal|S| 2023 Ulaanbaatar | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2010 Rio de Janeiro | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2013 Tokyo | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

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

{{Medal|B| 2017 Paris | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2017 Ekaterinburg | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2018 Paris | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2011 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2012 Düsseldorf | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2013 Düsseldorf | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2014 Havana | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2015 Düsseldorf | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2010 Rotterdam | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2015 Tbilisi | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2010 Tunis | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2017 Zagreb | {{nbnd}}100 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2008 Bangkok | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2007 Prague | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2008 Warsaw | {{nbnd}}90 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2006 Miskolc | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

| updated = 20 February 2025

}}

Varlam Liparteliani ({{Lang-ka|ვარლამ ლიპარტელიანი}}; born 27 February 1989) is a Georgian retired judoka.{{cite web|url=http://sportall.ambebi.ge/sport/tcidaoba/dziudo/49140-varlam-liparteliani-shedegi-qarthuli-tsvrthnis-sistemam-mogvitana.html|title=სპორტული პორტალი – ვარლამ ლიპარტელიანი: შედეგი ქართული წვრთნის სისტემამ მოგვიტანა|work=Sportall|access-date=25 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203014216/http://sportall.ambebi.ge/sport/tcidaoba/dziudo/49140-varlam-liparteliani-shedegi-qarthuli-tsvrthnis-sistemam-mogvitana.html|archive-date=3 February 2014|url-status=dead}} He has won silver at Olympic and World level.

Career

Liparteliani competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the {{nbnd}}90 kg event and lost in the second round to Mark Anthony.{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/liparteliani-varlam-1063786/|title=Medal Count – Olympic Results & Medalists – IOC|access-date=4 August 2012|archive-date=18 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718074741/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/liparteliani-varlam-1063786/|url-status=dead}} At the European Championships, Liparteliani won gold in 2012, 2014 and 2016, silver in 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2019 and 2021, and bronze in 2011.[http://www.judoinside.com/judoka/38740 Varlam Liparteliani] from Judo Inside

Liparteliani was the captain of the National Judo Team for Georgia at the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eaLl5gyuYw| title = Varlam Liparteliani: Interview with the Number 1| website = YouTube}} He was coached by Georgi Gugava.{{Cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnZYyOig5q8| title = Paris Grand Slam 2015: -90kg Final| website = YouTube}}

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Liparteliani won the silver medal. He beat Komronshokh Ustopiriyon, Ovini Uera, Lkhagvasürengiin Otgonbaatar and Gwak Dong-han before losing to Mashu Baker in the final.{{Cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/varlam-liparteliani-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203132953/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/varlam-liparteliani-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 December 2016|title=Varlam Lip'art'eliani|access-date=24 December 2017}}

Liparteliani's favourite skill is Uchi mata.{{Cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPvzZSqn0Gw| title = Paris Grand Slam 2016: Day 2| website = YouTube}} He ranked No. 1 in the world as of 25 September 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.intjudo.eu/upload/2016_06/07/146525075171331720/ijf_sen_wrl_2016_06_06.pdf|title=IJF World Rankings June 2016|last=Post-Qualifiers Ranking|website=intjudo.eu|publisher=International Judo Federation|access-date=6 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614190852/http://www.intjudo.eu/upload/2016_06/07/146525075171331720/ijf_sen_wrl_2016_06_06.pdf|archive-date=14 June 2016|url-status=dead}}

In 2021, Liparteliani won the gold medal in his event at the 2021 World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.{{Cite web|title=2021 Judo World Masters|url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2180/results|access-date=13 January 2021|website=International Judo Federation}}{{Cite news|last=Gillen|first=Nancy|date=13 January 2021|title=Riner brings IJF World Judo Masters to conclusion with heavyweight gold medal|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102983/riner-wins-gold-at-world-judo-masters|url-status=live|access-date=13 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113205515/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102983/riner-wins-gold-at-world-judo-masters|archive-date=13 January 2021}}

Personal life

Liparteliani began judo aged 11. His inspirations were Japanese legend Kōsei Inoue and fellow Georgian judoka Zurab Zviadauri. He is married and has three sons.{{Cite web| url = http://www.eju.net/road-to-rio-varlam-liparteliani-flight-number-geo2014--br2016-3083| title = Road to Rio: Varlam Liparteliani}}

Liparteliani was involved in a car accident with teammate Avtandil Tchrikishvili during a training camp in Borjomi, Georgia, right before the 2012 Olympics. The passengers in the car were heavily injured, but survived.

Competitive record

class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" \|Judo Record{{Cite web\| url = https://www.judobase.org/#/competitor/profile/801/statistics\| title = Varlam Liparteliani: Statistics}}
Total !256
Wins !200
by Ippon \|104
Losses \|56
by Ippon \|18

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Judo Record{{Cite web| url = https://www.judobase.org/#/competitor/profile/801/statistics| title = Varlam Liparteliani: Statistics}}

Total

!256

Wins

!200

by Ippon

|104

Losses

|56

by Ippon

|18

(as of 25 September 2018)

Achievements

class=wikitable

!Year !!Tournament !!Place !!Weight class

2014

ECCO Team Challenge

|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st

Middleweight (−90 kg){{cite web|url=http://www.worldjudoday.com/en/IJF-News-75-ECCO-Team-Challenge-Tyumen-2014-RESULTS-234.html?nc=149&e=bXBwaWNrZXJpbmdAaG90bWFpbC5jb20%3D|title=IJF News 75 – ECCO Team Challenge, Tyumen 2014 – RESULTS}}