Georgian Judoka Ilia Sulamanidze (100 kg) lost against Zelym Kotsoiev from Azerbaijan in the semi-finals and won a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He secured the third medal for the Georgian Olympic team.
The Georgian judo team has three medals. Lasha Bekauri (90 kg category), the Tokyo Olympic Games Champion, won Georgia’s first gold medal at the Paris Olympics 2024, and Tato Grigalashvili (81 kg) and Ilia Sulamanidze secured silver medals.