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{{short description|Georgian weightlifter and politician}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name             = Giorgi Asanidze
| nationality      = [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]]
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1975|8|30|df=y}} 
| birth_place      = [[Sachkhere]], [[Georgian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| height           = 1.73 m
| weight           = 85 kg
| country          = {{GEO}}
| sport            = [[Olympic weightlifting|Weightlifting]]
| event            = 77&nbsp;kg, 85&nbsp;kg
| retired          = 2007
| coaching         = Georgian National Team
| medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifting]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{GEO}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg|85 kg]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg|85 kg]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2001 World Weightlifting Championships|2001 Antalya]] | [[2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg|85 kg]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2002 World Weightlifting Championships|2002 Warsaw]] | [[2002 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg|85 kg]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[European Weightlifting Championships|European Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2000 European Weightlifting Championships|2000 Sofia]] | – 85 kg }}
{{MedalGold | [[2001 European Weightlifting Championships|2001 Trenčín]] | – 85 kg }}
{{MedalGold | [[2002 European Weightlifting Championships|2002 Antalya]] | – 85 kg }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1998 European Weightlifting Championships|1998 Riesa]] | – 77 kg }}
}}

'''Giorgi Asanidze''' ({{lang-ka|გიორგი ასანიძე}}; born 30 August 1975 in [[Sachkhere]]) is a [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] former [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]], Olympic Champion, World Champion, and three time European Champion who competed in the 85&nbsp;kg and 77&nbsp;kg categories.

==Career==
===Weightlifting===
He competed at the [[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Summer Olympics]] where he won a bronze medal (all three medalists had the same total of 390&nbsp;kg, but the medals were determined by lowest body weight),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/28e2ed4b1b118b91c5d836ed990087e4 |title=Greek Weightlifter Wins Third Gold |work=Associated Press |access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref> and the [[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Summer Olympics]] where he won gold.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/weightlifting/3586892.stm |title=Greek hero takes bronze |work=BBC |date=21 August 2004 |access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference}}</ref>

He is currently the coach for the Georgian National Weightlifting Team, including European medalist [[Goga Chkheidze]], European champion [[Shota Mishvelidze]], Olympic bronze medalist [[Anton Pliesnoi]], and three-time Olympic champion [[Lasha Talakhadze]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iwf.net/2016/12/29/weightlifters-were-voted-as-athlete-of-the-year-in-georgia/ |title=Weightlifters were voted as Athlete of the Year in Georgia |work=IWF.net |date=29 December 2016 |access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://agenda.ge/en/news/2016/3174 |title=Olympic champion Lasha Talakhadze crowned Georgia's sportsperson of 2016 |work=Agenda.ge |access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref>

===Government===
He was elected to the [[Parliament of Georgia]] from the [[United National Movement (Georgia)|United National Movement]] in 2004. He was reelected in the [[2008 Georgian legislative election|May 2008 Parliamentary election]] from [[Tbilisi]]'s Gldani constituency on the same party ticket.<ref>[http://www.civil.ge/eng/detail.php?id=17552  List of Majoritarian MP Candidates.] Civil Georgia, April 24, 2008.</ref>

==Major results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2 width=40 | Year
! rowspan=2 width=250 | Venue
! rowspan=2 width=60 | Weight
! colspan=4 | Snatch (kg)
! colspan=4 | Clean & Jerk (kg)
! rowspan=2 width=65 |  Total
! rowspan=2 width=40 |  Rank
|-
! width=65 | 1
! width=65 | 2
! width=65 | 3
! width=45 | Rank
! width=65 | 1
! width=65 | 2
! width=65 | 3
! width=45 | Rank
|-
! colspan=13|[[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]] || align=left| {{flag icon|AUS}} [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] || [[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg|85 kg]] || <s>175.0</s> || 175.0 || '''180.0''' || 1 || '''210.0''' || <s>215.0</s> || <s>215.0</s> || 4 || '''390.0''' || {{bronze3}}
|-
|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]] || align=left| {{flag icon|GRE}} [[Athens]], [[Greece]] || [[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg|85 kg]] || 172.5 || '''177.5''' || <s>180.0</s> || 2 || 202.5 || '''205.0''' || <s>207.5</s> || 1 ||'''382.5''' || {{gold1}}
|-
! colspan=13|[[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]]
|-
|[[1998 World Weightlifting Championships|1998]] || align=left| {{flag icon|FIN}} [[Lahti]], [[Finland]] || [[1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 77 kg|77 kg]] || 160.0 || 165.0 || '''168.0 [[World record progression men's weightlifting|WR]]''' || {{gold1}} || '''190.0''' || <s>195.0</s> || <s>195.0</s> || 13 || '''357.5''' || 6
|-
|[[1999 World Weightlifting Championships|1999]] || align=left| {{flag icon|GRE}} [[Athens]], [[Greece]] || [[1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg|85 kg]] || 170.0 || 175.0 || '''177.5''' || {{silver2}} ||<s>200</s> || '''200.0''' || <s>207.5</s> || 9 || '''377.5''' || 6
|-
|[[2001 World Weightlifting Championships|2001]] || align=left| {{flag icon|TUR}} [[Antalya]], [[Turkey]] || [[2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg|85 kg]] || 172.5 || 177.5 || '''180.0''' || {{gold1}} || 207.5 || '''210.0''' || <s>215.0</s> || {{gold1}} || '''390.0''' || {{gold1}}
|-
|[[2002 World Weightlifting Championships|2002]] || align=left| {{flag icon|POL}} [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]] || [[2002 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg|85 kg]] || <s>172.5</s> || 172.5 || '''177.5''' || {{gold1}} || <s>202.5</s> || 205.0 || '''207.5''' || 4 || '''385.0''' || {{silver2}}
|-
|[[2007 World Weightlifting Championships|2007]] || align=left| {{flag icon|THA}} [[Chiang Mai]], [[Thailand]] || [[2007 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg|85 kg]] || '''160''' || <s>164</s> || <s>164</s> || 12 || <s>187</s> || <s>187</s> || <s>187</s> || -- || -- || --
|-
! colspan=13|[[European Weightlifting Championships|European Championships]]
|-
|[[1995 European Weightlifting Championships|1995]] || align=left| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]] || 83&nbsp;kg || '''160.0''' |||||| 7 || '''187.5''' |||||| 9 || '''347.5''' || 8
|-
|[[1998 European Weightlifting Championships|1998]] || align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Riesa]], [[Germany]] || 77&nbsp;kg || 160.0 || '''165.0''' || <s>168.0</s> || {{silver2}} || 190.0 || <s>195.0</s> || '''195.0''' || 4 || '''360.0''' || {{silver2}}
|-
|[[2000 European Weightlifting Championships|2000]] || align=left| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]] || 85&nbsp;kg || 172.5 || 177.5 || '''181.0 [[World record progression men's weightlifting|WR]]''' || {{gold1}} || 205.0 || <s>207.5</s> || '''210.0''' || {{silver2}} || '''390.0''' || {{gold1}}
|-
|[[2001 European Weightlifting Championships|2001]] || align=left| {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Trenčín]], [[Slovakia]] || 85&nbsp;kg || 170.0 || 172.5 || '''175.0''' || {{gold1}} || '''205.0''' || <s>207.5</s> || <s>207.5</s> || {{gold1}} || '''380.0''' || {{gold1}}
|-
|[[2002 European Weightlifting Championships|2002]] || align=left| {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Antalya]], [[Turkey]] || 85&nbsp;kg || 170.0 || <s>175.0</s> || '''175.0''' || {{gold1}} || 202.5 || '''205.0''' || <s>207.5</s> || {{silver2}} || '''380.0''' || {{gold1}}
|-
|[[2004 European Weightlifting Championships|2004]] || align=left| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]] || 85&nbsp;kg || 162.5 || 167.5 || '''170.0''' || 7 || '''190.0''' || <s>195.0</s> || <s>195.0</s> || 18 || '''360.0''' || 12
|-
|}

== Career bests ==
* [[Snatch (weightlifting)|Snatch]]: 181&nbsp;kg
* [[Clean and jerk]]: 210&nbsp;kg
* Total: 391&nbsp;kg 2000 European Championship in the class to 85&nbsp;kg.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbgwh/daten.php?spid=086F9606FB974820A84E847264B85CC3 |title=Asanidze Georgi Leonidov (GEO) |publisher=iat.uni-leipzig.de |access-date=8 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_athleteResult.asp?a_id=10 |title=George Asanidze |publisher=Lift Up |access-date=8 May 2010}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Olympedia|94727}}
* {{Lift Up profile|10}}

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{{succession box
| before = [[Giorgi Kandelaki]]
| title = [[List of flag bearers for Georgia at the Olympics|Flagbearer]] for {{GEO}}
| years = [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]
| after = [[Zurab Zviadauri]]
}}
{{s-end}}

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