Ilias Iliadis (judoka)

Ilias Iliadis

Iliadis at the 2008 Olympics Parade of Nations
Personal information
Birth name	Jarji Zviadauri
Born	10 November 1986 (1986-11-10) (age 37) Akhmeta, Kakheti, Georgian SSR, USSR (modern Georgia)
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	Greece
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–81 kg, –90 kg
Rank	4th dan black belt[1]
Now coaching	Uzbek national team[2]
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(2004)
World Champ.	(2010, 2011, 2014)
European Champ.	(2004, 2011)
Medal record Men's judo Representing  Greece Olympic Games 2004 Athens ‍–‍81 kg 2012 London ‍–‍90 kg World Championships 2010 Tokyo ‍–‍90 kg 2011 Paris ‍–‍90 kg 2014 Chelyabinsk ‍–‍90 kg 2005 Cairo ‍–‍90 kg 2007 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍90 kg 2013 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍90 kg European Games 2015 Baku ‍–‍90 kg European Championships 2004 Bucharest ‍–‍81 kg 2011 Istanbul ‍–‍90 kg 2010 Vienna ‍–‍90 kg World Masters 2013 Tyumen ‍–‍90 kg 2011 Baku ‍–‍90 kg IJF Grand Slam 2011 Moscow ‍–‍90 kg 2012 Moscow ‍–‍90 kg 2012 Tokyo ‍–‍100 kg IJF Grand Prix 2014 Düsseldorf ‍–‍90 kg 2013 Jeju ‍–‍90 kg 2013 Düsseldorf ‍–‍90 kg 2015 Jeju ‍–‍90 kg European U23 Championships 2003 Yerevan ‍–‍73 kg 2006 Moscow ‍–‍100 kg European Junior Championships 2002 Rotterdam ‍–‍73 kg European Cadet Championships 2002 Győr ‍–‍73 kg Mediterranean Games 2005 Almeria ‍–‍90 kg 2009 Pescara ‍–‍90 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	836
JudoInside.com	12544
Updated on 25 May 2023

He won a gold medal in the half-middleweight (81 kg) division at the 2004 Summer OlympicsinAthens at age 17.^[4] Illiadis also won a gold medal 6 years later at the 2010 World Judo ChampionshipsinTokyo in the −90 kg category.

As Greece's flagbearer, he had the honour of being the first athlete to march into the Bird's Nest Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer OlympicsinBeijing.^{[citation needed]}

Iliadis is a cousin of another Olympic champion, Georgian judoka Zurab Zviadauri, who also won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympic games. Iliadis's family moved to Greece in 2003. He was adopted by Nikos Iliadis.^{[citation needed]}

Since November 2019 Iliadis works as head coach for the Uzbek national team.^[2]

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