Luka Silagadze

Luka Silagadze competes in the junior 95 kg weight category in weightlifting. At the 2026 European Junior & U23 Championships held on October 17 in Durrës, Albania, Luka earned the silver medal in total with a combined lift of 349 kg (160 kg in the Snatch and 189 kg in the Clean & Jerk).
The gold medal in this category was won by Georgia’s Goga Jajvani, who set new European Junior records in the Snatch (167 kg) and Total (365 kg), while Ukraine’s Mykhailo Novosad took bronze with 348 kg. The event also featured competitors from Armenia, Turkey, and Spain, among whom other records were established.
Luka Silagadze's performance demonstrated his high level in the sport, marking him as a promising Georgian weightlifter and a silver medalist at the continental championships in his weight class.