| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1958-12-26) 26 December 1958 (age 65) |
| Occupation | Judoka |
| Sport | |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Sport | Judo |
| Weight class | –78 kg |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic Games |  (1980) |
| World Champ. | 
(1983) |
| European Champ. | 
(1979, 1982) |
| Medal record | |
| Profile at external databases | |
| IJF | 793 |
| JudoInside.com | 5821 |
| Updated on 20 June 2023 | |
Shota Khabareli (Georgian: შოთა ხაბარელი; born 26 December 1958) is a Georgian judoka who competed for the Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he won the gold medal in the half-middleweight class.
Khabareli was a bronze medallist in the 1983 World Championships in Moscow and two times silver medalist in the European Championships; first in Brussels 1979 and again in Rostock 1982. Khabareli also won continental bronze medals in Debrecen 1981 and Paris 1983.
Khabareli was a champion of the international tournaments in Warsaw in 1978 and Hungary in 1979. He was also a silver medalist in Budapest in 1985 and bronze medallist of the Jigoro Kano Cup in Tokyo in 1982.
Khabareli is famous for the knee lift throw, also known in sumo as yagura nage.
References
- "International Freestyle Judo Alliance - Freestyle Judo - The way Judo ought to be". freestylejudo.org. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015.
External links
- Shota Khabareli at the International Judo Federation
- Shota Khabareli at JudoInside.com
- Shota Khabareli at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Shota Khabareli at Olympics.com
- Shota Khabareli at Olympedia
- Shota Khabareli at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Shota Khabareli at The-Sports.org
- Shota Khabareli at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
| Olympic Champions in Judo – Half Middleweight Men | |
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| 1972–1976: –70 kg • 1980–1996: –78 kg • 2000–: –81 kg | |
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- 1958 births
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- Male judoka from Georgia (country)
- Soviet male judoka
- Olympic judoka for the Soviet Union
- Judoka at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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