Nestor Chergiani
Nestor Chergiani 
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| Full name | ნესტორ ხერგიანი |
| nation |
 Georgia
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| birthday | 20th July 1975 |
| place of birth | Mestia , Soviet Union |
| Career | |
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| status | unknown |
| Nestor Chergiani medal table |
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Judo - men up to 60 kg |
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Georgia
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| Olympic games | ||
| silver | 2004 Athens | -60 kg |
| World championships | ||
| bronze | 1999 Birmingham | -60 kg |
| silver | 2007 Rio de Janeiro | -60 kg |
| European championships | ||
| gold | 1998 Oviedo | -60 kg |
| bronze | 1999 Bratislava | -60 kg |
| bronze | 2000 Wrocław | -60 kg |
| bronze | 2001 Paris | -60 kg |
| bronze | 2002 Maribor | -60 kg |
| gold | 2003 Düsseldorf | -60 kg |
| bronze | 2007 Belgrade | -60 kg |
| bronze | 2008 Lisbon | -60 kg |
| bronze | 2009 Tbilisi | -60 kg |
Nestor Chergiani (ნესტორ ხერგიანი; born July 20, 1975 in Mestia ) is a Georgian judoka .
Khergiani has been one of the most successful fighters in the world since the late 1990s. In 1999 he won the bronze medal at the Judo World Championships in Birmingham in the category up to 60 kilograms. Two years later at the World Championships in Munich he was fifth.
He celebrated the greatest success of his career at the 2004 Olympic Games , where he was only defeated by the Japanese judo star Tadahiro Nomura and won the silver medal in the super lightweight . In his other two Olympic appearances, he finished 9th in Sydney in 2000 and 13th in Beijing in 2008 .
Web links
- Nestor Chergiani on Judoinside (English)
- Nestor Chergiani in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Chergiani, Nestor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Georgian judoka |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th July 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mestia |