Shamil Borchashvili

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Shamil Borchashvili

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Shamil Borchashvili

Borchashvili (blue) participates in the Austrian 1. Bundesliga 2022

Personal information

Nationality

Austrian

Born

9 June 1995 (age 29)
Grozny, Chechnya, Russia

Occupation

Judoka

Employer

Austrian Armed Forces

Height

1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)^[2]

Weight

81 kg (179 lb)

Website

shamilborchashvili.at

Sport

Country

Austria

Sport

Judo

Weight class

‍–‍81 kg

Rank

1st dan black belt^[1]

League

Erste Judo Bundesliga

Club

Judo LZ Wels

Coached by

Yvonne Snir-Bönisch

Achievements and titles

Olympic Games

(2020)

World Champ.

(2022)

European Champ.

(2024)

Medal record

Men's judo

Representing Austria
Olympic Games
	2020 Tokyo	‍–‍81 kg
World Championships
	2022 Tashkent	‍–‍81 kg
European Games
	2019 Minsk	Mixed team
European Championships
	2024 Zagreb	‍–‍81 kg
IJF Grand Slam
	2021 Tbilisi	‍–‍81 kg
	2022 Ulaanbaatar	‍–‍81 kg
	2023 Tashkent	‍–‍81 kg
	2023 Baku	‍–‍81 kg
	2024 Tashkent	‍–‍81 kg
IJF Grand Prix
	2023 Linz	‍–‍81 kg
	2019 Tashkent	‍–‍81 kg

Profile at external databases

IJF

41412

JudoInside.com

60508

Updated on 27 April 2024

Shamil Borchashvili (born 9 June 1995) is an Austrian judoka.^[3]^[4] He is a first degree black belt.^[1]

Career

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He immigrated to Wels, Austria with his family from Chechnya, Russia when he was a child.^[5]

Borchashvili won the silver medal at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Tbilisi in the -81 kg class.^[6]

Borchashvili won the bronze medal in the men's 81kg Judo competition in the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021 in Tokyo.^[7]

Borchashvli won another bronze medal in the Men's 81 kg at the 2022 World Judo Championships by defeating 2020 Olympic silver medalist Saeid Mollaei.^[8]^[9]

Borchashvili wanted to compete at the 2022 Judo World Masters in Jerusalem without the coach. Since this was deemed unacceptable by the Austrian Judo Federation, his registration for the tournament was withdrawn for disciplinary reasons.^[10]

Although he managed to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics he decided not to start and was replaced with his brother Wachid Borchashvili.^[11]^[12]

Personal life

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Borchashvili is a graduate of the mechanical engineering department of the HTL Wels.^[13]

His brothers Wachid Borchashvili and Kimran Borchashvili_[de]^[14] are also part of the national team.^[15]^[16] Wachid won the gold medal at the 2023 Grand Slam Tbilisi.

In the fall of 2024, the Borchashvili brothers founded a new martial arts club.^[17]