Shota Mishvelidze
Shota Mishvelidze is a Georgian male weightlifter, and European Champion competing in the 62 kg category until 2018 and 61 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.
Career
Olympic Games
Mishvelidze competed at two Olympics Games. In 2021, he represented Georgia in 61 kg category at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He had one successful attempt in Snatch and Clean & Jerk and finished seventh with 285 kg in total.In August 2024, Mishvelidze again competed in the men's 61 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He lifted 256 kg in total which was enough for a sixth-place finish.
World Championships
He competed at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in the 62 kg division, winning a bronze medal in the total. The competition was close as he was only 1 kg from the silver medalist Yoichi Itokazu and 2 kg from the gold medalist Francisco Mosquera.In 2021, he won the silver medal in the men's 61kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.