Irakli Tsirekidze
ირაკლი ცირეკიძე
Irakli Cirekidze (Czech)
03.05.1982
Obsah
Bio
He was born in Kutaisi what is second biggest city in Georgia.
Career and Style
In beginning of his career he was in shadow of other judoplayers and his first big experience with big tournament was in 2005.
Since 2007 he became number one for Middleweight category in Georgian judo team.
After winning Olympic gold medal in 2008 he decided move in Half-Heaweight category.
In 2011 after Tokyo Grand Slam he was positive tested for stimulant drug and he was banned for 3 months.<ref>http://www.news.az/articles/georgia/55035</ref>
Tsirekidze has different judo style than most of other Georgian judokas. It's more westeuropean style based on very good moves and tactical direction of match. He is very strong ne-waza and he likes leg technics like kouchu-gari. His another strong part is mental power. He is very charismatic, strong person.
He missed only European title to become grand slam holder.
Resuts
Olympic Games
| Year | Age | Category | 1/32 | 1/16 | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 23.4 | Middleweight | BYE | W Hesham Misbah |
W Elxan Məmmədov |
W Ivan Pershin |
W Amar Ben-Khelif
|
World Championships
| Year | Age | Category | 1/64 | 1/32 | 1/16 | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Repechage | Bronze Match | Final Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 21.5 | Middleweight | W Krzysztof Węglarz |
W Seon-Ho Choi |
W Ariun-Erdene Batbayar |
W Elxan Məmmədov |
W Roberto Meloni |
- | - | W Ilias Iliadis
|
| 2009 | 20.5 | Half-Heavyweigh | BYE | L Takamasa Anai |
- | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2010 | 21.5 | Half-Heavyweigh | W Artem Bloshenko |
W Ramziddin Sayidov |
L Oreidis Despaigne |
- | - | - | - | - |
| 2011 | 22.5 | Half-Heavyweigh | W Luciano Corrêa |
W Javad Mahjub |
W Takamasa Anai |
L Elco van der Geest |
- | W Sergey Samoylovich |
W Ramadan Darwish |
- |
European Championships
| Year | Age | Category | 1/64 | 1/32 | 1/16 | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Repechage | Bronze Match | Final Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 20.2 | Middleweight | - | W Elod Abraham |
W Frédéric Stiegelmann |
W Valentyn Hrekov |
L Roberto Meloni |
- | L Mark Huizinga |
- |
| 2006 | 20.2 | Middleweight | - | W Burhan Koçan |
L Winston Gordon |
- | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 | 20.2 | Middleweight | - | W Tomislav Vučak |
W Burhan Koçan |
W Roberto Meloni |
W David Alarza |
- | - | L Valentyn Hrekov
|
| 2008 | 20.2 | Middleweight | - | W Mirko Kaiser |
W Dmytro Markov |
W Yves-Matthieu Dafreville |
L Elxan Məmmədov |
- | W Roberto Meloni |
- |
| 2009 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2010 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2011 | 22.2 | Half-Heavyweight | BYE | W Sergey Samoylovich |
W Frederik Thordal-Jørgensen |
L Yevgeny Borodavko |
- | W Ariel Zeevi |
W Lukáš Krpálek |
- |
| 2012 | 23.2 | Half-Heavyweight | - | BYE | W Yevgeny Borodavko |
L Ariel Zeevi |
- | L Elmar Qasımov |
- |
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