Wachid Borchashvili

Wachid Borchashvili (born 24 September 1998) is an Austrian judoka and four-time Austrian judo national champion. He holds the rank of Shodan. After winning the bronze medal at the 2024 Judo Grand Prix Linz, Laurin Böhler announced in an ORF interview that he had been attacked by his teammate Borchashvili. He complained that the consequences were too mild and that the training climate had deteriorated since then.

2024 Olympic Games In the qualification period for the 2024 Olympic Games, Borchashvili won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal at Grand Slam tournaments and had collected 3240 points in the IJF Olympic Ranking. However, his brother Shamil had achieved 3746 points. Since only one athlete was allowed to compete per country and weight class, this would have meant that Shamil and not Wachid would have represented Austria at the Olympic Games. However, he waived his place at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, so Wachid took his spot. He took part in the Games in the -81 kg weight class as well as in the mixed team (together with Katharina Tanzer, Lubjana Piovesana, Michaela Polleres, Samuel Gaßner and Aaron Fara). He competed with an injured meniscus. In the individual competition, he had to admit defeat after a victory against Mohammad Samim Faizad (AFG), the later silver medal winner, Tato Grigalashvili (GEO). The first encounter in the mixed team competition against Germany ended 4:1. The Austrian team therefore took 9th place.

After the Olympic Games, he ended his career in November 2024.

Personal life His brothers Shamil and are also part of the national team. Shamil won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in judo.