Georgian Olympic winners get one, half, quarter million GEL from state
Last night a welcoming ceremony was held for the Georgian Olympic team at the Ceremonial Palace of Georgia. Photo: Tbilisi City Hall.
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Georgian medalists at the Tokyo Olympic Games will receive cash prizes for their victories from the state.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced at last night’s ceremony of welcoming the Georgian Olympic team that each gold medal winner will receive a money prize of 1 million GEL from the state, silver medalists will receive 500,000 GEL, while bronze medalists will receive 250,000 GEL.
The Georgian Olympic team has finished the Tokyo Olympic Games with a record number of medals in the country’s independence - two gold, five silver and one bronze.
Dear Olympians, our proud heroes, you have achieved a really amazing result - eight medals, which is a really historic result in the history of independent Georgia. On behalf of the entire government, thank you again. You are an example for our next generation, for the children who look at you and should be raised by your examples", Garibashvili said.
Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze, Parliament Speaker Kakha Kutchava and Georgian National Olympic Committee President Leri Khabelov also addressed the Olympic winners and thanked them for the win.
This year 35 athletes represented Georgia across 13 disciplines at the Tokyo Olympics.
The gold winners are judoka Lasha Bekauri and Georgia's record-breaking weightlifting star Lasha Talakhadze.
Georgian judoka Vazha Margvelashvili, Judoka Lasha Shavdatuashvili, Greco-Roman wrestler Iakob Kajaia, Judoka Guram Tushishvili and free wrestler Geno Petriashvili claimed silver.
Georgian weightlifter Anton Pliesnoi claimed a bronze medal.
Georgia places 33rd in overall medal standings among the 86 countries that participated in this year’s Games.
Take a look at the infographics showing Georgia's results during seven Summer Olympic Games (excluding the Tokyo Olympic Games) from 1992 to 2016. Georgia gained independence in 1991, that is why Barcelona 1992 is included into the visualisation, but Georgia's Ministry of Sport underlines that Georgia's real, 'official' Olympic history started from the Lillehammer Winter Olympics in 1994.
