General Interest |
Famous relatives |
His younger brother Sandro has represented Georgia in fencing. He competed at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games, and won a gold medal in individual sabre at the 2022 European Championships in Antalya, Turkiye. His father Merab has served as president of the Georgian Fencing Federation. (SportsDeskOnline, 12 Jun 2023; eurofencing.info, 18 Jun 2022; lelo.ge, 09 Feb 2022; agenda.ge, 24 Jul 2021) |
Sport Specific Information |
Handedness |
Right |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete |
General Interest |
Awards and honours |
In 2014 he was named among the 10 Best Athletes of the Year by the Georgian Sports Journalists Association. (geomigrant.com, 27 Dec 2014) |
Further Personal Information |
Languages |
English, Georgian, Russian |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He took up the sport in 2006, at age 17, in Kutaisi, Georgia. |
Club / Team |
Cercle d'Escrime Orleanais: France |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Playing football. (Athlete, 26 May 2021) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Finishing fourth in team sabre at the 2018 World Championships in Wuxi, People's Republic of China. (Athlete, 26 May 2021) |
Most influential person in career |
His father Merab Bazadze. (Athlete, 26 May 2021) |
Ambitions |
To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (Athlete, 26 May 2021) |
Other information |
COACHING He served as a coach for the Georgian wheelchair fencing team at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Fencing Federation of Georgia Facebook page, 25 Aug 2021; rustavi2.ge, 01 Aug 2021) |
Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Tbilisi, GEO |