Gia Machavariani
Gia Machavariani (born 26 February 1985 in Kharagauli / Georgia) is a Georgian weightlifter. He was Vice-European Champion in 2011 and finished at the 2012 Olympics 4th place in the heavyweight division.
Career
Gia Machavariani participates since 2004 in international Weightlifting Championships. In the first international championship in which he took part, the European Championship in Kiev, he finished in the middle heavyweight with a duel capacity of 342.5 kg ( 160 to 182.5 ) the 20th Place. At the Junior World Championship 2005 (U 20) in Busan he was unlucky, because after mastered 165 kg in the snatch, he underwent in pushing three failed attempts, with which he remained without power in the heavyweight duel and could not place. Then his progress were clearly visible at the Junior European Championships in October 2005 in Trencin. He grew up there in the heavy weight to 382 kg ( 175-207 ), which he narrowly missed a medal with 4th place.
In the 2006 World Cup in Santo Domingo, he increased further. He scored there in a duel 397 kg ( 180-217 ). With this performance, he finished 7th in the heavyweight division. World champion Marcin Dolega from Poland, came to 415 kg ( 193-222 ). At the 2007 World Championships in Chiang Mai / Thailand Gia Machavariani came nowhere near to the power of 2006. He scored there, with only a valid attempt in the snatch and jerk, in a duel 365 kg ( 165-200 ) and only came on the 21th rank.
2008 Gio Machavariani participated in any international championships and in 2009 and 2010, he stagnated. At the European Championships in 2009 in Bucharest, he reached back with only two valid attempts in a duel 391 kg ( 180-211 ), reaching the 6th Place. At the 2009 World Championships in Goyang he raised in a duel 390 kg ( 180-210 ), where he only two valid attempts also brought into being here. He came in Goyang on the 7th Place. At the World Championships 2010 in Antalya, he came up with 390 kg ( 180-210 ) on the 8th Place.
Improved considerably Gia Machavariani showed at the European Championships 2011 in Kazan. He he scored there in Heavy Weight 400 kg ( 183-217 ) and won with these services three European silver medals. The winner Chadschimurat Akkajew from Russia, came to 425 kg ( 195-230 ), but he could not compromise. At the 2011 World Championships in Paris, he was able to improve on. He scored in Paris in a duel 409 kg ( 187-222 ) and thus already looked like the sure winner of bronze medal, but was eventually still referenced Place of Torochtij Oleksiy from Ukraine, who joined 229 kg, 4 on the ungrateful. A small consolation for Gia Machavariani was that in the snatch he won a world championship bronze medal with his performance.
At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the conditions for winning a medal for Gia Machavariani actually were extremely favorable, because in the heavyweight division was surprisingly none of the strong Russian weightlifter at the start. But he could not fulfill those expectations, because after a mediocre performance for him in the snatch with 185 kg, underwent him in pushing two failed attempts at 220 kg. In the third attempt, he nevertheless increased to 225 kg because he, if he had done this weight, the Olympic bronze medal would have won. But this attempt also went wide and Gia Machavariani remained unplaced without duel performance.
After London, he ended his active career weightlifter. 2013 he applied for the post of head coach at Georgian weightlifting federation, but did not come to the course.
International success
WM & EM individual medals
- World Cup bronze medal 2011/Reißen
- EM- Silver medals: 2011/Reißen - 2011/Stoßen
- All competitions in a duel, consisting of tearing and piercing
- OS = The Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, European Championship EM =
- Medium weight to 94 kg Schwergbewicht, up to 105 kg body weight