Dali Ladovna Liluashvili (, born 5 May 1999) is a Russian judoka. 2022 Russian national champion. 2024 Antalya and 2024 Dushanbe Grand Slam runner-up.
Background Liluashvili was born in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk oblast, Russia. She started judo at the age of seven. Her first coach was Sergey Shcherbinin.
Career Age-group Liluashvili has won accolades on the international circuit. In 2016 at the cadet level, Dali finished in third place at the European Cup events in Coimbra, Portugal, and Tver, Russia. She also earned bronze at the 2018 Junior European Cup in A Coruña, Spain. In 2019, she took the silver medal from the junior European Cup in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy, and later won the Junior European Cup in Poznań, Poland. At the 2019 junior world championships in Marrakesh, Morocco she was runner-up as a Russian team member. Dali has also won distinction in national competition, twice winning the Russian junior national championship (2017, 2018). At the U23 level, she claimed gold medals the Russian championships in 2020 and 2021.
As a senior athlete Dali competed at the 2017 European cup in Orenburg, Russia and won the bronze medal. In 2019, she won the Russian national cup at 70 kilos. In 2021, she won the Asian cup in Aktau, Kazakhstan, European cup in Orenburg, Russia and the CIS Games in Kazan, Russia. At the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary she was 5th in the team competition.Schedule In 2022, she won the Russian national championships, held in Yekaterinburg. At the 2024 Judo Grand Slam Antalya Liluashvili finished in second place. In addition, she had the silver medal from the 2024 Dushanbe Grand Slam. In June 2024, she earned a quota place for the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France, as an independent neutral athlete, but the Russian Judo Federation did not allow her to compete. In May 2026, she won the silver medal at the Grand Slam Astana. In the quarterfinals she beat world champion Joanne van Lieshout of the Netherlands. On June 20, 2026 she came third at the Ulaanbaatar Grand slam.
Achievements Year Tournament Place Weight class 2017 European cup 3rd −63kg 2021 Asian cup 1st −63kg 2021 European cup 1st −63kg 2024 Grand Slam Antalya 2nd −63kg 2024 Grand Slam Dushanbe 2nd −63kg 2026 Grand Slam Astana 2nd −63kg 2026 Grand slam Ulaanbaatar 3rd −63kg
Personal life She is of Georgian ethnicity. Until October 2024, she trained in Rodina judo and sambo club based in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Currently, she lives and trains in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
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