Birth Date: | 23 September 2002 |
Country: | Cyprus |
Weight Class: | 66 kg |
Rank Ref: | [1] |
Dan: | 2 |
Worlds Rank: | R64 |
Worlds Year: | 2021 |
Worlds Weight: | Men's 66 kg |
Worlds Year2: | 2023 |
Worlds Weight2: | Men's 66 kg |
Worlds Year3: | 2024 |
Worlds Weight3: | Men's 66 kg |
Regionals Type: | EU |
Regionals Rank: | R16 |
Regionals Year: | 2021 |
Regionals Weight: | Men's 66 kg |
Regionals Year2: | 2023 |
Regionals Weight2: | Men's 66 kg |
Commonwealth Rank: | 1 |
Commonwealth Year: | 2022 |
Commonwealth Weight: | Men's 66 kg |
Updated: | 20 May 2024 |
Georgios Balarjishvili (born 23 September 2002) is a Cypriot judoka.
Balarjishvili won a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the 66 kg event after defeating Finlay Allan in the final. It was Cyprus' first ever Commonwealth Games gold medal in judo.[2] He was also, at the age of nineteen, the second youngest winner ever beheind Craig Fallon in 2002. Prior to the Commonwealth Games, Balarjishvili had claimed a bronze medal at the Junior European Cup in Athens in 2022.[3]