Giorgi Revazishvili (judoka)

Giorgi Revazishvili (born 16 November 1974) is a Georgian judoka. He was arrested and convicted on the charges of extortion of USD 8,000 from Greek businessman in Tbilisi.

Born (1974-11-16) 16 November 1974 (age 51)

OccupationJudoka

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Giorgi Revazishvili

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Born	(1974-11-16) 16 November 1974 (age 51)
Occupation	Judoka
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Sport	Judo
Medal record Men's judo Representing  Georgia World Championships 1997 Paris 60 kg 1999 Birmingham 60 kg European Championships 1996 The Hague 65 kg 1997 Ostend 65 kg 1994 Gdansk 60 kg 1998 Oviedo 66 kg 2000 Wroclaw 73 kg Teams World Championships 2002 Basel Teams Teams European Championships 2003 London Teams 1996 St. Petersburg Teams
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After the court passed decision to imprison the perpetrators their friends, mainly wrestlers and relatives, destroyed the court hall and blocked the central Rustaveli Avenue inTbilisi. Riot police was deployed to the streets first time since the "Rose revolution" and police dispersed the demonstration.^[1] The arrests of the wrestlers resulted in protests by other sportsmen. Some of them even refused to take part in preparatory training for the World Championship in wrestling. Nestor Khergiani, two time champion of Europe in judo, stated: “We are not going to wrestle! Let the government officials wrestle instead of us”.^[2]

Later on, Zviad Zviadauri, Olympic champion in Judo and Dilar Khabuliani, former Minister of Interior and president of Judo Federation, apologized to the President Saakashvili for the riots.^{[citation needed]}