Shota Mishvelidze (Georgian: შოთა მიშველიძე; born 18 October 1994)[1] is a Georgian male weightlifter, and European Champion competing in the 62 kg category until 2018 and 61 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[2]
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| Nationality | Georgian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 October 1994 Kutaisi, Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60.98 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 61 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editOlympic Games
editMishvelidze competed at two Olympics Games. In 2021, he represented Georgia in 61 kg category at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He had one successful attempt in Snatch and Clean & Jerk and finished seventh with 285 kg in total.
In August 2024, Mishvelidze again competed in the men's 61 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He lifted 256 kg in total which was enough for a sixth-place finish.
World Championships
editHe competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in the 62 kg division, winning a bronze medal in the total.[3] The competition was close as he was only 1 kg from the silver medalist Yoichi Itokazu and 2 kg from the gold medalist Francisco Mosquera.
In 2021, he won the silver medal in the men's 61 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[4][5]
European Championships
editMishvelidze competed at the men's 62 kg event at the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania, winning a silver medal in the snatch portion competition (134 kg), a gold medal in the clean and jerk portion (165 kg) and a gold medal for the total with (299 kg).[6]
Major results
edit| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||
| 2021 |  Tokyo, Japan |
61 kg | 130 | — | 155 | — | 285 | 7 | ||||
| 2024 |  Paris, France |
61 kg | 114 | 121 | — | 125 | 135 | — | 256 | 6 | ||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2015 |  Houston, United States |
69 kg | 134 | 138 | 140 | 18 | 160 | 33 | 300 | 26 | ||
| 2017 | Anaheim, United States |
62 kg | 130 | 135 | 4 | 148 | 157 | 163 | 5 | 298 | 
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| 2018 |  Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
61 kg | 130 | 135 | 7 | 158 | 9 | 293 | 7 | |||
| 2019 |  Pattaya, Thailand |
61 kg | 130 | 135 | 4 | 152 | 16 | 287 | 7 | |||
| 2021 |  Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
61 kg | 126 | 131 |  |
150 | 155 | |
286 |
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| 2022 |  Bogotá, Colombia |
61 kg | 130 | 6 | 155 | 11 | 285 | 8 | ||||
| 2023 |  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
61 kg | 132 | 136 | |
156 | 161 | 13 | 297 | 4 | ||
| IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2020 |  Roma, Italy |
61 kg | 123 | 128 | 131 | |
145 | 151 | 155 | |
286 |
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| 2024 | Phuket, Thailand |
61 kg | 130 | 8 | 152 | 14 | 282 | 12 | ||||
| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2018 |  Bucharest, Romania |
62 kg | 129 | 134 | |
152 | 158 | 165 |  |
299 |
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| 2019 | Batumi, Georgia |
61 kg | 125 | 4 | 149 | 156 | |
281 | 4 | |||
| 2021 |  Moscow, Russia |
61 kg | 131 | 135 | |
155 | 5 | 290 |
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| 2022 |  Tirana, Albania |
67 kg | 135 | 139 | 142 | |
165 | |
307 |
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| 2023 |  Yerevan, Armenia |
61 kg | 129 | 133 | 136 | |
155 | 162 | |
298 |
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References
edit- ^ "2017 IWF World Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 61 kg
- ^ "8 winners for 9 medals in the Men's 62kg". IWF.net. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (9 December 2021). "South Korean teenager Shin stuns older rivals at IWF World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "2018 European Championships Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
External links
edit- Shota Mishvelidze at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Shota Mishvelidze at the International Weightlifting Results Project
- Shota Mishvelidze at Lift Up
- Shota Mishvelidze at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
- Shota Mishvelidze at Olympics.com
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