Ilias Iliadis

Ilias Iliadis

Ilias Iliadis in Beijing
Personal information
Birth name	Jarji Zviadauri
Born	10 November 1986 (age 30) Akhmeta, Kakheti, Georgian SSR, USSR (modern Georgia)
Medal record Men's judo Representing  Greece Olympic Games 2004 Athens –81 kg 2012 London –90 kg World Championships 2010 Tokyo –90 kg 2011 Paris –90 kg 2014 Chelyabinsk –90 kg 2005 Cairo –90 kg 2007 Rio de Janeiro –90 kg 2013 Rio de Janeiro –90 kg European Championships 2004 Bucharest –81 kg 2011 Istanbul –90 kg 2010 Vienna –90 kg European Games 2015 Baku –90 kg Mediterranean Games 2005 Almeria –90 kg 2009 Pescara –90 kg

Ilias Iliadis (Greek: Ηλίας Ηλιάδης, born Jarji Zviadauri, Georgian: ჯარჯი ზვიადაური, on 10 November 1986) is a Georgian-born Greek judoka who has been competing for Greece since the start of his international career.

He won a gold medal in the half-middleweight (81 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens at age 17. Illiadis also won a gold medal 6 years later at the 2010 World Judo Championships in Tokyo in the −90 kg category.

As Greece's flagbearer, he had the honour of being the first athlete to march into the Bird's Nest Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Iliadis is a cousin of another Olympic champion, Georgian judoka Zurab Zviadauri, who also won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympic games. Iliadis's family moved to Greece in 2003. He was adopted by Nikos Iliadis. After the Rio Olympics, he announced his retirement from the sport.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Place	Weight class
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	1st	Half middleweight (81 kg)
	European Judo Championships	Bucharest, Romania	1st	Half middleweight (81 kg)
2005	World Judo Championships	Cairo, Egypt	2nd	Middleweight (90 kg)
	Mediterranean Games	Almeria, Spain	1st	Middleweight (90 kg)
2007	World Judo Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2nd	Middleweight (90 kg)
2009	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	1st	Middleweight (90 kg)
2010	World Judo Championships	Tokyo, Japan	1st	Middleweight (90 kg)
	European Judo Championships	Vienna, Austria	3rd	Middleweight (90 kg)
2011	European Judo Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	1st	Middleweight (90 kg)
	World Judo Championships	Paris, France	1st	Middleweight (90 kg)
2012	Olympic Games	London, England	3rd	Middleweight (90 kg)
2013	World Judo Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3rd	Middleweight (90 kg)
2014	World Judo Championships	Chelyabinsk, Russia	1st	Middleweight (90 kg)
2015	European Games	Baku, Azerbaijan	3rd	Middleweight (90 kg)
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	17th	Middleweight (90 kg)

References

• Ilias Iliadis at JudoInside.com
• Ilias Iliadis at databaseOlympics.com
• Ilias Iliadis at Sports Reference

External links

• Judo videos of Ilias Iliadis in action (judoinside.com)