14 para-athletes of the Georgian national team to participate in 6 sports at the Tokyo Summer Paralympic Games.
The Tokyo Paralympics will open on August 24 and end on September 6.
The Georgian Paralympic Committee has published a list of para-athletes who will take part in the Tokyo Summer Games.
Wheelchair Fencing
Irma Khetsuriani: Two-time world champion, 18-time World Cup winner, European vice-champion.
Nino Tibilashvili: Three-time world champion under 23, silver and bronze medalist. Seniors – Vice-Champion of Europe, multiple bronze medalists of the World Cups.
Gvantsa Zadishvili: World champion in team fencing, two-time World Cup silver and bronze medalist.
Para judo
Zviad Gogochuri: Winner of 2 Rio de Janeiro Summer Paralympic Games. World and European champion. 2015 Seoul World Games Gold Medalist. Winner of two World Cups and a Grand Prix. Multiple medalist of international tournaments.
Revaz Chikoidze: Gold winner of the European Championship. Two-time Grand Prix gold and bronze medalist.
Giorgi Gamjashvili: World Cup and World Championship bronze medalist, Grand Prix silver and bronze medalist.
Zurab Zurabian: Winner of the Grand Prix Gold.
Giorgi Kaldani: Winner of three gold and bronze medals at the Grand Prix.
Ina Kaldani: Two-time Grand Prix bronze medalist.
Para Powerlifting
Ahmad Razm Azar: Four-time World Cup gold, two-time silver, and bronze medalist.
Akaki Jincharadze: World Cup gold medalist, three-time silver, and two-time bronze medalist. European Championship bronze medalist.
Para Swimming
Nika Tvauri: Participant of the 2012 London Paralympic Games. Winner of the bronze medal at the 2015 Seoul World Games. In swimming, I two-time gold medalist at international championships and tournaments for the blind. Holder of three-time silver and two-time bronze at international championships. World Games bronze medalist.
Para Athletics
Davit Kavtaradze: Silver medalist of the 2018 European Championship in Berlin.
Paralympic shooting
Lado Chincharauli – Georgian champion in the para shooting. Vice-Champion of the US Open.
By Ketevan Skhirtladze
