Vazha Margvelashvili

Vazha Margvelashvili
Personal information
Native name
ვაჟა მარგველაშვილი
Born (1993-10-03) 3 October 1993
OccupationJudoka
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country Georgia
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍66 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 Tokyo ‍–‍66 kg
World Championships
2017 Budapest ‍–‍66 kg
2024 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍66 kg
European Games
2019 Minsk ‍–‍66 kg
European Championships
2016 Kazan ‍–‍66 kg
2024 Zagreb ‍–‍66 kg
2021 Lisbon ‍–‍66 kg
World Masters
2017 Saint Petersburg ‍–‍66 kg
2018 Guangzhou ‍–‍66 kg
2019 Qingdao ‍–‍66 kg
2021 Doha ‍–‍66 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2018 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍66 kg
2023 Tel Aviv ‍–‍66 kg
2023 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍66 kg
2019 Paris ‍–‍66 kg
2020 Düsseldorf ‍–‍66 kg
2021 Tbilisi ‍–‍66 kg
2017 Paris ‍–‍66 kg
2017 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍66 kg
2022 Paris ‍–‍66 kg
2022 Tbilisi ‍–‍66 kg
2025 Paris ‍–‍66 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2016 Tbilisi ‍–‍66 kg
2017 Düsseldorf ‍–‍66 kg
2018 Tbilisi ‍–‍66 kg
2018 The Hague ‍–‍66 kg
2015 Düsseldorf ‍–‍66 kg
2016 Havana ‍–‍66 kg
2016 Düsseldorf ‍–‍66 kg
European Junior Championships
2012 Poreč ‍–‍60 kg
Profile at external databases
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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.