Varlam Liparteliani

Varlam Liparteliani (ვარლამ ლიპარტელიანი; born 27 February 1989) is a Georgian judoka. He has won silver at Olympic and World level.

Career
He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -90 kg event and lost in the second round to Mark Anthony. At the European Judo Championships, Liparteliani won gold in 2012, 2014 and 2016, silver in 2009 European Judo Championships, 2010 European Judo Championships, 2013 European Judo Championships and 2015 European Judo Championships, and bronze in 2011 European Judo Championships.

He is the captain of the Georgia Judo National Team and the Georgia Olympic Team. He is coached by Gugava Giorgi.

At the 2016 Olympic Games, he won the silver medal. He beat Komronshokh Ustopiriyon, Ovini Uera, Lkhagvasürengiin Otgonbaatar and Gwak Dong-han before losing to Mashu Baker in the final.

Liparteliani's favourite skill is uchi mata. He is currently ranked No. 1 in the world (as of 25 September 2018).

In 2021, he won the gold medal in his event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.

Personal life
Liparteliani began judo aged 11. His inspirations were Japanese legend Kōsei Inoue and fellow Georgian judoka Zurab Zviadauri. He is married and has three sons.

Liparteliani was involved in a car accident with teammate Avtandil Tchrikishvili during a training camp in Borjomi, Georgia, right before the 2012 Olympics. The passengers in the car were heavily injured, but survived.

Competitive record
(as of 25 September 2018)

Medals

 * 2010
 * Grand Prix, Tunis
 * Grand Slam, Rio de Janeiro
 * Grand Prix, Rotterdam


 * 2011
 * Grand Prix, Abu Dhabi


 * 2012
 * Grand Prix, Düsseldorf
 * Grand Slam, Rio de Janeiro


 * 2013
 * Grand Slam, Paris
 * Grand Prix, Düsseldorf
 * World Masters, Tyumen
 * Grand Slam, Tokyo


 * 2014
 * Grand Slam, Paris
 * Grand Prix, Havana


 * 2015
 * Grand Prix, Düsseldorf
 * Grand Prix, Tbilisi
 * Grand Slam, Paris


 * 2016
 * Grand Slam, Paris


 * 2017
 * Grand Prix, Zagreb
 * Grand Slam, Paris
 * Grand Prix, Ekaterinburg
 * World Masters, St. Petersburg


 * 2018
 * Grand Slam, Paris
 * Grand Slam, Düsseldorf
 * World Masters, Guangzhou


 * 2019
 * Grand Slam, Paris