In Georgia there were 300.000 Greeks. Many of them that had at least one Greek parent came back to Greece. So what? There are Greeks in Turkey , Georgia Romania, Albania, Egypt, Fyrom(200,000),native to those countries not immigrants like in US Australia etc.
The best judoka there was Robert Krawczyk fom Poland... In semifinal he had lost with Gontyuk 1 sec before the time limit passed... It was mere luck for Gontyuk, he shouldent be in final;/
A shame, nearly half of our olympic medal winners in 2004 were Eastern europeans. Not that I don't appreciate their contribution, but I wish the sports infastructure in Greece was good enough that we didn't need to buy medals.
he is not from Greece. He is 100% from Georgia. Greece has offered better conditions and money. He could not speak greek language in the interview after his victory, so his father did the translation. It was very funny. we do not want him. go back to georgia
This guy is Iliadis. Born In Georgia or not , he is greek. His name is greek, he makes his sign of Christ like Greeks do, He is a child of Greece, Greeks love him to death and him consacre his life for...
More... Georgia what is the orogone of the name.... Land of Georgios that means : "Me warking the earth"... In some way we are all, christian and civilizated peoples, we are greeks... and proud to be. And christian orthodox people we are BROTHERS. Don't forget it.
this guy's real name is Jarji Zviadauri and he is a cousin of another olympic champion from that family, Zurab Zviadauri.
he was born and grew up in georgia and moved to greece after he became pro judoist,, coz greece wich offered some good conditions to him. alas, georgia couldnt.
and as we know, if you got greek citizenship, you must get greek name too.
so Jarji Zviadauri became Ilias Iliadis. thats all.
relax boy...he was born in georgia and grew up there but had to live due to the harsh situation after the war...he is georgian/ as well he is greek....he is the cousin of famous georgian judo master..nobody is takin anything away from u...but next time u talk dont mix up georgia with albania..cheers
lol hes georgian real name is jarji zvidauri
MrFocusFreak 2 years ago
his is from hellas and georgian!!!
XRISTOSUNIT 2 years ago
his georgian!!!
giga927 3 years ago
GEORGIA is the best.. Jarji magariaa!!!
temotemo16 3 years ago
combining judo and western wrestling is the best, makes a person an effective grappler.
HomedudePedroski 3 years ago
Judo is my favorite sport/martial art of all time.
kensei85 3 years ago
ILIADIS Ilias is very popular in Japan too.
wrongimpressionist 3 years ago
er det en lidt dårlig dommer i første kamp?
da der er gået 14-16 sekunder skulle korea have vundet
93brinch 3 years ago
im the eye of da tigger
parkour720 3 years ago
aaah....i love this martial art. its so technique based!
daviaker 3 years ago 2
In Georgia there were 300.000 Greeks. Many of them that had at least one Greek parent came back to Greece. So what? There are Greeks in Turkey , Georgia Romania, Albania, Egypt, Fyrom(200,000),native to those countries not immigrants like in US Australia etc.
iliasgv 4 years ago 3
swdrftgyhujikolp
iliketurtals 4 years ago
The best judoka there was Robert Krawczyk fom Poland... In semifinal he had lost with Gontyuk 1 sec before the time limit passed... It was mere luck for Gontyuk, he shouldent be in final;/
SpoconyBizon 4 years ago 2
Thank you ilia !!!
TheRealErevos 4 years ago 3
wat is the name of the song???
judokaa81 4 years ago
eye of the tiger, rocky theme tune
colmtrim 4 years ago
It's a great honor to have won in the name of greece being Georgian. He must have been happy to represent greece.
Dinopaterno22 4 years ago 4
Just today Iliadis (Zviadauri - Georgian Greek) lost in Brazil with Irakli Tsirekidze (Georgia)
glamour6 4 years ago
A shame, nearly half of our olympic medal winners in 2004 were Eastern europeans. Not that I don't appreciate their contribution, but I wish the sports infastructure in Greece was good enough that we didn't need to buy medals.
Gene86 4 years ago
he is not from Greece. He is 100% from Georgia. Greece has offered better conditions and money. He could not speak greek language in the interview after his victory, so his father did the translation. It was very funny. we do not want him. go back to georgia
stnstns 4 years ago
he is the best judoka!!!
marirebeldeforever 4 years ago
by the way guys, does anyone knows what music is used in this video?
animatr0nic 4 years ago
It is the soundtrack from Rocky III: "Eye of the tiger" by the american rock group "Survivor".
You can read more on ie. Wikipedia
Thanks for all comments, rating, links etc. It has done all the work on this video worthwhile !
wolchr 4 years ago
"the eyes of the tiger" from Rocky movie in the 80th
bye
manon59270 4 years ago
Sure he got his medal, but I have seen better, not saying Im better, but still, American team is better
jonathanpantoja 4 years ago
Hey Dudes...
This guy is Iliadis. Born In Georgia or not , he is greek. His name is greek, he makes his sign of Christ like Greeks do, He is a child of Greece, Greeks love him to death and him consacre his life for...
More... Georgia what is the orogone of the name.... Land of Georgios that means : "Me warking the earth"... In some way we are all, christian and civilizated peoples, we are greeks... and proud to be. And christian orthodox people we are BROTHERS. Don't forget it.
newdorien 4 years ago
this guy's real name is Jarji Zviadauri and he is a cousin of another olympic champion from that family, Zurab Zviadauri.
he was born and grew up in georgia and moved to greece after he became pro judoist,, coz greece wich offered some good conditions to him. alas, georgia couldnt.
and as we know, if you got greek citizenship, you must get greek name too.
so Jarji Zviadauri became Ilias Iliadis. thats all.
animatr0nic 4 years ago
relax boy...he was born in georgia and grew up there but had to live due to the harsh situation after the war...he is georgian/ as well he is greek....he is the cousin of famous georgian judo master..nobody is takin anything away from u...but next time u talk dont mix up georgia with albania..cheers
ultrasinter 4 years ago
my coach faught him in the first round & lost but bounced back to throw his argentine opponent in 6 secs
blockheadman 5 years ago
from which coutry is your coach
aagdavid 4 years ago
AUSTRALIA MATE
blockheadman 4 years ago
KAVKAZSKAYA SILA!
bekirov1 5 years ago
well that dude is good, though i think that was his day, 2 bad krawczyk had a much worse day.
rastafake 5 years ago
The Korean Kwon Young-Woo did pretty good against Iliadis, scoring Wazari and Yuko, didn't he?
saprikado 5 years ago
He is not Greek. He's real name is ZVIADAURI and he is georgian. Just to make it clear.
ChristinaHellas 5 years ago
Baby, Iliadis is not Zviadauri,...
masterb1 5 years ago
baby they are cousins or something like that
ultrasinter 4 years ago
he is georgian, escept if he lies himself too. haha. idiots.
Heliadae 4 years ago