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Ilias Iliadis
	Iliadis at the 2008 Olympics Parade of Nations
Personal information
Birth name	Jarji Zviadauri
Born	10 November 1986 (age 38); 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
Now coaching	Uzbek national team
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(2004)
World Champ.	(2010, 2011, 2014)
European Champ.	(2004, 2011)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing Greece
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Games
European Championships
World Masters
IJF Grand Slam
IJF Grand Prix
European U23 Championships
European Junior Championships
European Cadet Championships
Mediterranean Games
Profile at external databases
IJF	836
JudoInside.com	12544
	Updated on 25 May 2023

Ilias Iliadis (Greek: Ηλίας Ηλιάδης, born Jarji Zviadauri, Georgian: ჯარჯი ზვიადაური, on 10 November 1986) is a Georgian-Greek judoka.^[3] He was named the 2014 Greek Male Athlete of the Year.

He won a gold medal in the half-middleweight (81 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens at age 17.^[4] Illiadis also won a gold medal 6 years later at the 2010 World Judo Championships in Tokyo 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 Olympics in Beijing.^{[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]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Place	Weight class
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	1st	Half middleweight (81 kg)
2004	European Judo Championships	Bucharest, Romania	1st	Half middleweight (81 kg)
2005	World Judo Championships	Cairo, Egypt	2nd	Middleweight (90 kg)
2005	Mediterranean Games	Almeria, Spain	1st	Middleweight (90 kg)
2007	World Judo Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2nd	Middleweight (90 kg)
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	20th	Middleweight (90 kg)
2009	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	1st	Middleweight (90 kg)
2010	World Judo Championships	Tokyo, Japan	1st	Middleweight (90 kg)
2010	European Judo Championships	Vienna, Austria	3rd	Middleweight (90 kg)
2011	European Judo Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	1st	Middleweight (90 kg)
2011	World Judo Championships	Paris, France	1st	Middleweight (90 kg)
2012	Olympic Games	London, England	3rd	Middleweight (90 kg)
2013	World Judo Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3rd	Middleweight (90 kg)
2014	World Judo Championships	Chelyabinsk, Russia	1st	Middleweight (90 kg)
2015	European Games	Baku, Azerbaijan	3rd	Middleweight (90 kg)
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	17th	Middleweight (90 kg)

References

^ "Ilias ILIADIS". European Judo Union. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Ilias Iliadis boosts Uzbek team with experience and motivation". Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ "Ilias Iliadis". JudoInside.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ilias Iliadis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.