Georgian para-athletes win five medals at Wheelchair Fencing World Cup, European Taekwondo Championship
On Friday, fencer Nina Tibilashvili claimed the gold in women’s sabre at the World Cup event hosted in Thailand, defeating Kinga Drozdz of Poland in the final.Photo: Cristalsport.ge
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Georgian para-athletes earned five medals over two days at the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup and European Taekwondo Championship, with the haul including two gold medals.
On Friday, fencer Nina Tibilashvili claimed the gold in women’s sabre at the World Cup event hosted in Thailand, defeating Kinga Drozdz of Poland in the final.
Her teammate Irma Khetsuriani followed the result up with a silver after conceding her final to local favourite Saysunee Jana.
The other three medals came at the European Taekwondo Championship in Manchester, where Giorgi Khizanishvili earned a gold, and Giorgi Nikoladze and Ana Japaridze secured two bronze medals.
The Georgian national Paralympic judo team has returned from the Egyptian Pyramids International Championships with four medals. Giorgi Gamjashvili, who competed in the 73 kg weight category and defeated his compatriot Bachuki Shelia in the final, took the ultimate prize of the tournament, with Shelia taking home the silver.
Olympic and Paralympic champions and medalists as well as winners of World and European championships will be admitted to the State University of Physical Education and Sports without exams, the Georgian Ministry of Education and Science has announced. Georgia finished the Tokyo Olympic Games with eight medals out of which two were gold, five silver and one bronze.
Georgian wheelchair fencer Nina Tibilashvili has won silver at the Tokyo Paralympic Games after losing 7:15 in the final to China’s Jing Bian.
Prize-winning Georgian fencers Irma Khetsuriani and Nina Tibilashvili are among world’s best wheelchair fencers of 2019, after the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sport Federation published its selection of the top athletes of the year this week.
Georgian women’s wheelchair fencing team earned silver and bronze medals at the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Warsaw on Thursday.
The Georgian women’s wheelchair fencing team earned gold and bronze medals at the world cup event in Pisa on Thursday, the fencing federation of Georgia said.
The Georgian paralympic committee hosts the Ukrainian national team in Para powerlifting with its funds at the European Open Championships, which opened on Saturday and will run till Thursday, in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi.
Georgian wheelchair fencer Nino Tibilashvili has won a gold medal on Friday at the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup hosted in Hungary.
The Georgian women’s wheelchair fencing team became the champion of the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing European Championships in the sabre category, the Georgian paralympic committee said on Wednesday.
Georgian wheelchair fencer Irma Khetsuriani became European champion in the foil B category at the 2022 IWAS Wheelchair Fencing European Championships in Warsaw, the Georgian Paralympic Committee announced on Saturday.
The Georgian para taekwondo team successfully competed in two tournaments, among 30 countries, held in Turkey, winning ten medals, the Georgian Paralympic Committee announced on Wednesday.
Georgian wheelchair fencer Nina Tibilashvili has won a bronze medal at the 2023 Busan Wheelchair Fencing World Cup, hosted in the South Korean port city of Busan.