Irakli Tsirekidze
ირაკლი ცირეკიძე
Irakli Cirekidze (Czech)
03.05.1982 (Georgian SSR)
Obsah
Bio
He was born in Tkibuli what is city judt 40 km from Kutaisi.
Career and Style
In beginning of his career he was in shadow of other Georgian judo players. His first big experience with big tournament was in 2005 when he was 23 years old.
Since 2007 he became number one for Middleweight category in Georgian judo team.
In 2008 Beijing Olympic Games he won gold medal in for Georgians very hard times (war).
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> He has troubles with blood pressure and he used some medicament which prescribed him doctor. That's why he got such short punishment (inattention).
Tsirekidze had different judo style than most of other Georgian judokas. It was more westeuropean style based on very good moves and tactical direction of match. He had very strong ne-waza and he liked ashi-waza like kouchu-gari. His another strong part was and is mental power. He is very charismatic, strong person. His weak part is probably motivation after 2008 Beijing OG. Till the games he was very purposeful but after he was not very much.
After losing chance fight at 2012 London Olympic Games (instead of him was nominated Levan Zhorzholiani) he decided retire.
In september 2012 he was chosen as head coach of Georgian judo team<ref>http://www.worldsport.ge/Read.aspx?news=42107&lang=2</ref>.
Resuts
Olympic Games
| Year | Age | Category | 1/32 | 1/16 | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 26.2 | 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 | 25.3 | Middleweight | W Krzysztof Węglarz |
W Seon-Ho Choe |
W Ariun-Erdene Batbayar |
W Elxan Məmmədov |
W Roberto Meloni |
- | - | W Ilias Iliadis
|
| 2009 | 27.3 | Half-Heavyweigh | BYE | L Takamasa Anai |
- | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2010 | 28.3 | Half-Heavyweigh | W Artem Bloshenko |
W Ramziddin Sayidov |
L Oreidis Despaigne |
- | - | - | - | - |
| 2011 | 29.3 | 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 | 23.0 | Middleweight | - | W Elod Abraham |
W Frédéric Stiegelmann |
W Valentyn Hrekov |
L Roberto Meloni |
- | L Mark Huizinga |
- |
| 2006 | 24.0 | Middleweight | - | W Burhan Koçan |
L Winston Gordon |
- | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 | 24.9 | Middleweight | - | W Tomislav Vučak |
W Burhan Koçan |
W Roberto Meloni |
W David Alarza |
- | - | L Valentyn Hrekov
|
| 2008 | 25.9 | Middleweight | - | W Mirko Kaiser |
W Dmytro Markov |
W Yves-Matthieu Dafreville |
L Elxan Məmmədov |
- | W Roberto Meloni |
- |
| 2009 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2010 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2011 | 29.0 | Half-Heavyweight | BYE | W Sergey Samoylovich |
W Frederik Thordal-Jørgensen |
L Yevgeny Borodavko |
- | W Ariel Zeevi |
W Lukáš Krpálek |
- |
| 2012 | 30.0 | Half-Heavyweight | - | BYE | W Yevgeny Borodavko |
L Ariel Zeevi |
- | L Elmar Qasımov |
- |
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