TVAURI Nika

Date of Birth: 25 Dec 1983

Age: 37

Gender: Male

Sport Class: SB11

Place of birth: TBILISI

Birth Country:

Georgia

Place of residence : TBILISI

Residence Country:

Georgia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 100m Breaststroke - SB11

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Breaststroke - SB11 Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
13	100m Breaststroke - SB11	2012	London, GBR	1:28.37
World Championships
4	100m Breaststroke - SB11	2017	Mexico City, MEX	1:32.34
DNS	100m Breaststroke - SB11	2019	London, GBR	DNS
DNS	100m Breaststroke - SB11	2015	Glasgow, GBR	DNS
DNS	100m Breaststroke - SB11	2013	Montreal, QC, CAN	DNS
European Championships
7	100m Breaststroke - SB11	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:29.53
10	100m Breaststroke - SB11	2020	Funchal, POR	1:38.46

Swimming Bear (Facebook profile, 20 Apr 2020)

Extreme sports. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2019)

Occupation:

Economics - Tbilisi State University, Georgia

Languages spoken:

English, Georgian, Russian

Olympic [Tbilisi, GEO]

Giorgi Sirbiladze [national], GEO; Zurab Khomasuridze [personal], GEO

2011 for Georgia, IBSA World Championships in Antalya, Turkey (Athlete, 10 Sep 2019)

He began Para swimming in 2010 in Tbilisi, Georgia. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

His father took him to a swimming pool as he wanted to improve his health. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018; jam-news.net, 28 Sep 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 20 Apr 2020)

Winning bronze medals at the IBSA World Games in 2011 and 2015. (Athlete, 20 Apr 2020)

US basketball player Magic Johnson. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2019)

Coach Zurab Khomasuridze. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2019)

He was named the 2011 Para Athlete of the Year by the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Georgia. (archery-sila.ru, 17 Jan 2012)

General Interest

Classification
S11, SB11, SM11 (IPC, 01 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

Impairment Details
At age 16 he lost his vision and a hand when an explosive device detonated in his hands. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018; jam-news.net, 28 Sep 2016)

Milestones

He became the first Georgian Para swimmer to compete at the European championships when he participated at the 2014 edition in Eindhoven, Netherlands. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 May 2020)

He became the first athlete representing Georgia to compete in Para swimming at the Paralympic Games when he competed in the SB11 100m breaststroke at the 2012 Games in London. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 May 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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