Vazha Margvelashvili

Vazha Margvelashvili
Personal information
Native nameვაჟა მარგველაშვილი
Born (1993-10-03) 3 October 1993
Gori, Georgia
OccupationJudoka
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country Georgia
SportJudo
Weight class66 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (2020)
World Champ. (2017, 2024)
European Champ. (2016, 2024)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Georgia
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo66 kg
World Championships
2017 Budapest66 kg
2024 Abu Dhabi66 kg
European Games
2019 Minsk66 kg
European Championships
2016 Kazan66 kg
2024 Zagreb66 kg
2021 Lisbon66 kg
World Masters
2017 Saint Petersburg66 kg
2018 Guangzhou66 kg
2019 Qingdao66 kg
2021 Doha66 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2018 Abu Dhabi66 kg
2023 Tel Aviv66 kg
2023 Abu Dhabi66 kg
2019 Paris66 kg
2020 Düsseldorf66 kg
2021 Tbilisi66 kg
2017 Paris66 kg
2017 Abu Dhabi66 kg
2022 Paris66 kg
2022 Tbilisi66 kg
2025 Paris66 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2016 Tbilisi66 kg
2017 Düsseldorf66 kg
2018 Tbilisi66 kg
2018 The Hague66 kg
2015 Düsseldorf66 kg
2016 Havana66 kg
2016 Düsseldorf66 kg
European Junior Championships
2012 Poreč60 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF9546
JudoInside.com73171
Updated on 2 February 2025

Vazha Margvelashvili (Georgian: ვაჟა მარგველაშვილი; born 3 October 1993) is a Georgian judoka. He won the gold medal at the 2016 and the 2024 European Judo Championships, and the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 66 kg event.

In 2021, Margvelashvili won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar. A few months later, he won the silver medal in the men's 66 kg event at the 2021 European Judo Championships held in Lisbon, Portugal.

Margvelashvili won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris held in Paris, France.