Shamil Borchashvili

Shamil Borchashvili (born 9 June 1995) is an Austrian judoka. He is a first degree black belt.

Career
He immigrated to Wels, Austria with his family from Chechnya, Russia when he was a child.

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

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

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.

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

Personal life
His brothers Wachid Borchashvili and Kimran Borchashvili [de] are also part of the national team. Wachid won the gold medal at the 2023 Grand Slam Tbilisi.