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Georgian weightlifter (born 1994)

Shota Mishvelidze
Personal information
NationalityGeorgian
Born (1994-10-18) 18 October 1994 (age 30)
Kutaisi, Georgia
Weight60.98 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country Georgia
SportWeightlifting
Event61 kg
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Tashkent 61 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Anaheim 62 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Bucharest 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Yerevan 61 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Moscow 61 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tirana 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Sofia 61 kg

Shota Mishvelidze (Georgian: შოთა მიშველიძე; born (1994-10-18)18 October 1994) 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.

Career

Olympic Games

Mishvelidze 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

He competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in the 62 kg division, winning a bronze medal in the total. 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.

European Championships

Mishvelidze 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).

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan 61 kg 130 134 135 — 155 163 165 — 285 7
2024 France Paris, France 61 kg 114 121 128 — 125 135 150 — 256 6
World Championships
2015 United States Houston, United States 69 kg 134 138 140 18 160 165 165 33 300 26
2017 United States Anaheim, United States 62 kg 130 130 135 4 148 157 163 5 298 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 61 kg 130 135 139 7 155 155 158 9 293 7
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 61 kg 130 135 135 4 152 160 163 16 287 7
2021 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 61 kg 126 126 131 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 150 155 160 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 286 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2022 Colombia Bogotá, Colombia 61 kg 130 135 136 6 155 165 163 11 285 8
2023 Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 61 kg 132 136 136 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 156 161 161 13 297 4
IWF World Cup
2020 Italy Roma, Italy 61 kg 123 128 131 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 145 151 155 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 286 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2024 Thailand Phuket, Thailand 61 kg 130 130 130 8 152 160 160 14 282 12
European Championships
2018 Romania Bucharest, Romania 62 kg 129 133 134 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 152 158 165 1st place, gold medalist(s) 299 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia 61 kg 125 129 129 4 147 149 156 1st place, gold medalist(s) 281 4
2021 Russia Moscow, Russia 61 kg 129 131 135 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 155 159 162 5 290 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2022 Albania Tirana, Albania 67 kg 135 139 142 1st place, gold medalist(s) 164 165 165 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 307 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023 Armenia Yerevan, Armenia 61 kg 129 133 136 1st place, gold medalist(s) 154 155 162 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 298 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. "2017 IWF World Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  2. PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 61 kg
  3. "8 winners for 9 medals in the Men's 62kg". IWF.net. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  4. Oliver, Brian (9 December 2021). "South Korean teenager Shin stuns older rivals at IWF World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  5. "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  6. "2018 European Championships Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2019.

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