Ilias Iliadis (, born Jarji Zviadauri, , on 10 November 1986) is a Georgian-born Greek judoka. He was named the 2014 Greek Male Athlete of the Year.
He won a gold medal in the half-middleweight (81 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens at age 17. Illiadis also won a gold medal 6 years later at the 2010 World Judo Championships in Tokyo in the −90 kg category.
As Greece's flagbearer, he had the honour of being the first athlete to march into the Bird's Nest Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Iliadis is a cousin of another Olympic champion, Georgian judoka Zurab Zviadauri, who also won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Iliadis's family moved to Greece in 2003. He was adopted by Nikos Iliadis.
Since November 2019 Iliadis works as head coach for the Uzbek national team.
Achievements Year Tournament Venue Place Weight class 2004 Olympic GamesAthens, Greece 1st Half middleweight (81 kg)European Judo ChampionshipsBucharest, Romania 1st Half middleweight (81 kg) 2005World Judo ChampionshipsCairo, Egypt 2nd Middleweight (90 kg)Mediterranean GamesAlmeria, Spain 1st Middleweight (90 kg)2007 World Judo ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil 2nd Middleweight (90 kg)2008 Olympic GamesBeijing, China20th Middleweight (90 kg)2009 Mediterranean GamesPescara, Italy 1st Middleweight (90 kg) 2010World Judo ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan 1st Middleweight (90 kg)European Judo ChampionshipsVienna, Austria 3rd Middleweight (90 kg)2011 European Judo ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey 1st Middleweight (90 kg)World Judo ChampionshipsParis, France 1st Middleweight (90 kg)2012 Olympic GamesLondon, England 3rd Middleweight (90 kg)2013 World Judo ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil 3rd Middleweight (90 kg)2014 World Judo ChampionshipsChelyabinsk, Russia 1st Middleweight (90 kg)2015 European GamesBaku, Azerbaijan 3rd Middleweight (90 kg)2016 Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil17th Middleweight (90 kg)
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