Dali Liluashvili

Liluashvili was born in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk oblast, Russia. She started judo at the age of seven. Her first coach was Sergey Shcherbinin.^[1]

Liluashvili has won accolades on the international circuit. In 2016 at the cadet level, Dali finished in third place at the European Cup events in Coimbra, Portugal, and Tver, Russia. She also earned bronze at the 2018 Junior European Cup in A Coruña, Spain. In 2019, she took the silver medal from the junior European Cup in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy, and later won the Junior European Cup in Poznań, Poland.^[4] At the 2019 junior world championships in Marrakesh, Morocco she was runner-up as a Russian team member.^[5] Dali has also won distinction in national competition, twice winning the Russian junior national championship (2017, 2018).^[6][7] At the U23 level, she claimed gold medals the Russian championships in 2020 and 2021.^[8][9]

Dali competed at the 2017 European cup in Orenburg, Russia^[4] and won the bronze medal. In 2019, she won the Russian national cup at 70 kilos.^[10] In 2021, she won the Asian cup in Aktau, Kazakhstan, European cup in Orenburg, Russia^[4] and the CIS Games in Kazan, Russia.^[11] At the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary she was 5th in the team competition.^[12] In 2022, she won the Russian national championships, held in Yekaterinburg.^[1] At the 2024 Judo Grand Slam Antalya Liluashvili finished in second place.^[2] In addition, she had the silver medal from the 2024 Dushanbe Grand Slam.^[3] In June 2024, she earned a quota place for the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France, as an independent neutral athlete, but the Russian Judo Federation did not allow her to compete.^[13]