Irakli Revishvili
Personal information | |
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Full name | Irakli Revishvili |
Nickname(s) | Revisha |
National team | Georgia |
Born |
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | 3 November 1989
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Coach | Zurab Khomasuridze |
Irakli Revishvili (Georgian: ირაკლი რევიშვილი; born November 3, 1989) is a Georgian swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.[1] He represented his nation Georgia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has currently owned two Georgian national records in both the 200 and 400 m freestyle.[2] Revishvili also trained for the national swimming team under the tutelage of head coach and 2004 Olympian Zurab Khomasuridze.
Revishvili received a wild card invitation from FINA to compete as a lone Georgian male swimmer in the 200 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2][3] He pulled away from a small field of swimmers to take a effortless victory in the opening heat with a scintillating 1:53.60, but failed to advance further to the semifinals, finishing fifty-third overall in the prelims.[4]
References
- ↑ "Irakli Revishvili". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- 1 2 "Beijing 2008". Georgian National Olympic Committee. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ↑ "Beijing 2008: Swimming Day 2– Men's 200m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Best Swimming. p. 2. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming: Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 12 January 2013.