Irakli Chkheidze

Irakli Chkheidze
Personal information
Nationality Georgia
Born (1999-01-05) 5 January 1999 (age 25)
Weight100.52 kg (222 lb)
Sport
Country Georgia
SportWeightlifting
Event102 kg
Coached byGiorgi Asanidze
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 175 kg (2023)
  • Clean and jerk: 216 kg (2018)
  • Total: 391 kg (2018)
Medal record
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Yerevan 102 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tashkent 105 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Suva 102 kg
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Zamość 102 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Zamość 105 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Durrës 105 kg

Irakli Chkheidze (Georgian: ირაკლი ჩხეიძე; born 5 January 1999) is a Georgian weightlifter competing in the 105 kg division until 2018 and 102 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories).[1]

Career

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He most recently competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships.[2] He is also the 2018 Junior World Champion in the 105 kg class.[3][4]

In August 2024, Chkheidze competed in the men's 102 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[5] He lifted 393 kg in total and finished in fifth position.[5]

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2024 Paris, France 102 kg 171 176 179 214 214 224 393 5
World Championships
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 102 kg 164 168 168 5 207 208 213 5 376 5
2019 Pattaya, Thailand 102 kg 163 167 167 11 198 204 213 10 367 10
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 102 kg 157 162 162 10 193 201 206 8 363 9
2022 Bogotá, Colombia 102 kg 165 170 174 6 207 212 213 6 387 5
2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 102 kg 170 175 179 9 210 216 221 4 391 6
IWF World Cup
2024 Phuket, Thailand 102 kg 170 174 174 16 211 222 7 381 11
European Championships
2019 Bucharest, Romania 102 kg 163 167 169 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 202 203 203 6 372 4
2021 Moscow, Russia 102 kg 163 167 171 5 205 210 210 5 376 5
2022 Tirana, Albania 102 kg 163 168 171 6 202 209 210 5 373 4
2023 Yerevan, Armenia 102 kg 168 173 178 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 207 214 220 1st place, gold medalist(s) 387 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2024 Sofia, Bulgaria 102 kg 168 174 178 6 212 217 218 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 386 5
World Junior Championships
2016 Tbilisi, Georgia 94 kg 145 145 150 7 178 183 186 6 336 5
2017 Tokyo, Japan 105 kg 156 161 164 5 195 195 195 5 356 4
2018 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 105 kg 163 168 171 1st place, gold medalist(s) 201 205 211 1st place, gold medalist(s) 382 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 Suva, Fiji 102 kg 162 162 167 1st place, gold medalist(s) 199 204 213 1st place, gold medalist(s) 371 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European U23 Championships
2022 Zamość, Poland 102 kg 161 165 170 1st place, gold medalist(s) 194 205 216 1st place, gold medalist(s) 381 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Junior Championships
2017 Durrës, Albania 105 kg 157 161 164 5 194 200 206 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 370 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2018 Zamość, Poland 105 kg 163 167 170 1st place, gold medalist(s) 202 209 216 1st place, gold medalist(s) 386 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 102 kg
  2. ^ IWF.net. "2018 World Championships Results". Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  3. ^ IWF.net (13 July 2018). "2018 Junior World Championships 105 kg recap". Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  4. ^ Sports.uz (13 July 2018). "Akbar Djuraev earns a silver medal at the IWF Junior World Championships 2018". Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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