Shota Mishvelidze

Shota Mishvelidze
Personal information
NationalityGeorgian
Born (1994-10-18) 18 October 1994
Kutaisi, Georgia
Weight60.98 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country Georgia
SportWeightlifting
Event
61 kg
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Georgia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2021 Tashkent61 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Anaheim62 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Bucharest62 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Yerevan61 kg
Silver medal – second place2021 Moscow61 kg
Silver medal – second place2022 Tirana67 kg
Bronze medal – third place2024 Sofia61 kg

Shota Mishvelidze (Georgian: შოთა მიშველიძე; born 18 October 1994)[1] 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.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4][5]

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).[6]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2021Japan Tokyo, Japan61 kg130134135N/a155163165N/a2857
2024France Paris, France61 kg114121128N/a125135150N/a2566
World Championships
2015United States Houston, United States69 kg134138140181601651653330026
2017United States Anaheim, United States62 kg130130135414815716352983rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2018Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan61 kg130135139715515515892937
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand61 kg1301351354152160163162877
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan61 kg1261261312nd place, silver medalist(s)1501551602nd place, silver medalist(s)2862nd place, silver medalist(s)
2022Colombia Bogotá, Colombia61 kg1301351366155165163112858
2023Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia61 kg1321361363rd place, bronze medalist(s)156161161132974
IWF World Cup
2020Italy Roma, Italy61 kg1231281312nd place, silver medalist(s)1451511552nd place, silver medalist(s)2862nd place, silver medalist(s)
2024Thailand Phuket, Thailand61 kg13013013081521601601428212
European Championships
2018Romania Bucharest, Romania62 kg1291331342nd place, silver medalist(s)1521581651st place, gold medalist(s)2991st place, gold medalist(s)
2019Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia61 kg12512912941471491561st place, gold medalist(s)2814
2021Russia Moscow, Russia61 kg1291311352nd place, silver medalist(s)15515916252902nd place, silver medalist(s)
2022Albania Tirana, Albania67 kg1351391421st place, gold medalist(s)1641651653rd place, bronze medalist(s)3072nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023Armenia Yerevan, Armenia61 kg1291331361st place, gold medalist(s)1541551622nd place, silver medalist(s)2981st 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 62 kg". 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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