Georgii Zantaraia

Georgii_Zantaraia

Personal information
Native name	გიორგი ზანთარაია
National team	Ukraine
Ethnicity	Georgian
Citizenship	Ukraine
Born	(1987-10-21) 21 October 1987 Gali, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Residence	Kiev, Ukraine
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Medal record Representing  Ukraine Men's judo World Championships 2009 Rotterdam –60kg 2010 Tokyo –60kg 2011 Paris –60kg 2013 Rio de Janeiro –66kg 2014 Chelyabinsk –66 kg European Championships 2011 Istanbul –60kg 2009 Tbilisi –60kg

Georgii Zantaraia (Georgian: გიორგი ზანთარაია; Ukrainian: Георгій Малхазович Зантарая; born 21 October 1987 in Gali)^[1] is a Georgian-born Ukrainian judoka.

Zantaraia became World Champion -60 kg at the 2009 World Judo Championships in Rotterdam.^[2] That same year he won the silver medal at the 2009 European Judo Championships in Tbilisi not being able to beat Arsen Galstyan.

In 2010 Zantaraia won the silver medal at the 2010 World Judo Championships in Tokyo, unable to defend his title against Rishod Sobirov who would retain his title in 2011, while Zantaraia claimed the bronze that year in Paris.^[3] Zantaraia would however win his first European title at the 2011 European Judo Championships in Istanbul beating Betkil Shukvani in the final.^[4] In 2013 Zantaraia won another bronze medal at the 2013 World Judo Championships in Rio de Janeiro.^[5]

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