Olympic Champion Lasha Talakhadze named Best Athlete in Georgia by Olympic Committee
The event, held with the support of the Sports Ministry, was attended by Minister Thea Tsulukiani, members of the Olympic Committee and representatives of regional organisations and sports federations, as well as other invited guests and media representatives. Photo via Sports Ministry
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Georgian National Olympic Committee on Friday awarded the outstanding athletes of 2023, among which the Georgian weightlifter, two-time Olympic champion, seven-time world champion, and seven-time European champion, Lasha Talakhadze was named the best athlete of Georgia.
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At the ceremony, held at Pullman Tbilisi Axis Towers hotel, athletes were awarded in ten categories. The Georgian fencer Sandro Bazadze got the award for “consistently” having high sports results at the Olympic Games, World and European Championships, and European Games.
A nine-time Olympian sport shooter Nino Salukvadze received the special award - Pride of Georgian sports, the Olympic Committee said.
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The Best Athlete in Sports award for men was received by the captain of the Georgian national basketball team and player for Virtus Bologna of the Lega Basket Serie A - Tornike Shengelia, as for the women the award went to Georgian figure skater Anastasiia Gubanova.
The Georgian national judo team and its coach Lasha Gujejiani received the Best Sports Team and the Best Coach awards.
The event, held with the support of the Sports Ministry, was attended by Minister Thea Tsulukiani, members of the Olympic Committee and representatives of regional organisations and sports federations, as well as other invited guests and media representatives.
Georgian fencer Sandro Bazadze was named the world’s best sabre fencer of the 2022-2023 years season, claiming an honorary prize of the International Fencing Federation.
Georgia’s Weightlifting Olympic Champion, European Champion and record-breaking athlete Lasha Talakhadze became a seven-time winner of the World Championship on Sunday, after winning the event in Saudi Arabia’s capital city of Riyadh.
The Georgian judo team won the gold medal of the 2023 European Mixed Team Judo Championships for the first time in history, defeating Germans in the final by 4-1, the Georgian Judo Federation said on Saturday.
Three-time Olympic medal-winning shooter Nino Salukvadze on Monday became the first female in the history of the Games to qualify for 10 consecutive editions after finishing fourth in the women's 25m pistol event at European Games Kraków-Małopolska in Wroclaw.
The top football players, head coaches, referees and honoured figures of 2023 were given special awards at the annual Georgian Football Federation Awards ceremony in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi, the Federation said on Thursday.