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Irakli Bolkvadze

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Nickname(s)
  
Ika, Bolkva

Name
  
Irakli Bolkvadze

Nationality
  
Georgia

Role
  
Swimmer


Sport
  
Height
  
1.84 m

Strokes
  
Breaststroke, medley

Weight
  
73 kg

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Born
  
12 December 1994 (age 29) (
1994-12-12
)
Nicosia, Cyprus

Club
  
Hamilton Aquatics Dubai

Coach
  
Georgi AbzianidzeIrina MinjulinaChris Tidey

Georgian swimmer irakli bolkvadze


Irakli Bolkvadze (Georgian: ირაკლი ბოლქვაძე; born December 12, 1994 in Nicosia, Cyprus) is a Georgian swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke and individual medley events. He won a bronze medal in the boys' 200 m breaststroke at the 2012 European Junior Swimming Championships in Antwerp, Belgium with a time of 2:15.46. Bolkvadze is also trained by his personal coach Irina Minjulina.

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Irakli Bolkvadze Georgias Irakli Bolkvadze competes in the mens 200m breaststroke

Bolkvadze qualified for the men's 200 m breaststroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by breaking a new Georgian record and eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:16.35 from the European Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. In Georgia's Olympic history, he also became the first ever swimmer to surpass an invitation time set by FINA. He dominated the first heat by two seconds ahead of Kyrgyzstan's Dmitrii Aleksandrov, lowering his Georgian record time to 2:15.86. Bolkvadze failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-eighth overall in the preliminary heats.

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At the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Bolkvadze demolished a new Georgian record of 2:03.55 in the 200 m individual medley, but finished thirty-fifth from the morning prelims. Bolkvadze is currently a member of Hamilton Aquatics Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates under head coach Chris Tidey.

Bcn 2013 irakli bolkvadze new georgian record 200 medley 2 03 55


Personal bests

  • 50 m breaststroke – 30.28
  • 100 m breaststroke – 1:04.24
  • 200 m breaststroke – 2:15.46
  • 200 m individual medley – 2:03.55
  • 400 m individual medley – 4:29.25
  • References

    Irakli Bolkvadze Wikipedia