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| Nickname(s) | Ika, Bolkva | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Georgia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1994-12-12) 12 December 1994 (age 30) Nicosia, Cyprus | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke, medley | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Hamilton Aquatics Dubai | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Georgi Abzianidze Irina Minjulina Chris Tidey | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
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.
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.
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". London 2012. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Irakli Bolkvadze". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- "European Junior Championships: Germany Tops Medal Count, Russia Second". Swimming World Magazine. 10 July 2012. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 200 m breaststroke" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- "2012 European Swimming Championships (Debrecen, Hungary) – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats". Omega Timing. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- "Bolkvadze first ever Georgian swimmer to qualify for the Olympics". Swimmer's Daily. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- "Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 1". London 2012. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- "2013 FINA World Championships (Barcelona, Spain) – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- "New Georgian record: Irakli Bolkvadze at Barcelona World Championship". Swimming World Magazine. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.