Luka Mkheidze
Luka Mkheidze (Georgian: ლუკა მხეიძე, born 5
Luka Mkheidze
January 1996) is a French judoka of Georgian descent.
Mkheidze came to France with refugee status in
2010.[1] He won the silver medal in the men's 60 kg
event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris,
France.[2] He won one of the bronze medals in the
men's 60 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held
in Tokyo, Japan.[3]
In 2021, Mkheidze won the silver medal in the men's
60 kg event at the European Judo Championships held
in Lisbon, Portugal.[4][5] He won one of the bronze
medals in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris
held in Paris, France.[6] Mkheidze won the gold medal
in his event at the 2023 European Judo Championships
held in Montpellier, France.
Personal information
Born 5 January 1996
Achievements Tbilisi, Georgia
Occupation Judoka
Weight
Year Tournament Place Sport
class
European
Country France
2021 2nd −60 kg
Championships Sport Judo
2021 Summer Olympics 3rd −60 kg Weight class –60 kg
European Achievements and titles
2023 1st −60 kg
Championships
Olympic Games (2024)
2024 Summer Olympics 2nd −60 kg
World Champ. R16 (2024)
European Champ. (2023)
References Medal record
Men's judo
1. "Judo medals spark French fan fervour at Representing France
Paris Games" (https://www.straitstimes.com/s
port/judo-medals-spark-french-fan-fervour-at-p Olympic Games
aris-games). The Straits Times. 28 July 2024. 2024 Paris Mixed team
ISSN 0585-3923 (https://search.worldcat.org/i
ssn/0585-3923). Retrieved 31 July 2024. 2024 Paris –60 kg
2. Khalatyan, Rafael (27 July 2024). "Judo: 2020 Tokyo –60 kg
Yeldos Smetov and Natsumi Tsunoda secure European Championships
Olympic gold" (https://www.insidethegames.bi
2023 Montpellier –60 kg
z/articles/1147125/smetov-tsunoda-paris-2024 2021 Lisbon –60 kg
-chasmpion-judo). InsideTheGames.biz.
IJF Grand Slam
Retrieved 28 July 2024.
3. "Judo Results Book" (https://olympics.com/tok 2023 Tel Aviv –60 kg
yo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2 2023 Antalya –60 kg
020-/JUD/OG2020-_JUD_B99_JUD-------------
2024 Paris –60 kg
------------------.pdf) (PDF). 2020 Summer
Olympics. Archived (https://web.archive.org/w 2024 Baku –60 kg
eb/20210801000704/https://olympics.com/tok 2024 Antalya –60 kg
yo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2
020-/JUD/OG2020-_JUD_B99_JUD------------- 2020 Budapest –60 kg
------------------.pdf) (PDF) from the original on 2021 Tashkent –60 kg
1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
2022 Paris –60 kg
4. "Première médaille européenne pour Luka
Mkheidze (-60 kg), en argent" (https://sport24.l IJF Grand Prix
efigaro.fr/judo/fil-info/premiere-medaille-europ 2018 Cancún –60 kg
eenne-pour-luka-mkheidze-60-kg-en-argent-1 2023 Almada –60 kg
040804). Le Figaro (in French). 16 April 2021.
Retrieved 16 April 2021. 2023 Dushanbe –60 kg
5. "Fran Garrigós se corona al fin campeón de
Profile at external databases
Europa de judo" (https://www.rtve.es/deportes/
20210416/fran-garrigos-campeon-europa-jud IJF 31072 (https://www.ijf.org/j
o/2086328.shtml). rtve (in Spanish). 16 April udoka/31072)
2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
JudoInside.com 66599 (https://www.judoins
6. Lloyd, Owen (5 February 2022). "Japan claims
ide.com/judoka/66599)
four gold medals on Judo Paris Grand Slam
opening day" (https://www.insidethegames.bi Updated on 5 August 2024
z/articles/1118857/ijf-judo-paris-grand-slam).
InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
External links
Media related to Luka Mkheidze at Wikimedia Commons
Luka Mkheidze (https://www.eju.net/eju/judoka/?judokaId=31072) at the European Judo
Union
Luka Mkheidze (https://www.ijf.org/judoka/31072) at the International Judo Federation
Luka Mkheidze (https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/66599) at JudoInside.com
Luka Mkheidze (https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/luka-mkheidze) at Olympics.com
Luka Mkheidze (https://web.archive.org/web/2022/https://espritbleu.franceolympique.com/es
pritbleu/athletes/0/mkheidze-134160.php) at the French Olympic and Sports Committee
(archived) (in French)
Luka Mkheidze (https://www.equipedefrance.com/athlete/luka-mkheidze) at Team France (in
French)
Luka Mkheidze (https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/142903) at Olympedia
Luka Mkheidze (https://www.the-sports.org/t-spf479991.html) at The-Sports.org
Luka Mkheidze (https://www.judoresults.net/palmares/?nom=MKHEIDZE&prenom=Luka) at
JudoResults.net (multilingual since september 2024)
Luka Mkheidze (https://www.instagram.com/luka_mkheidze.10/) on Instagram
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