Mevlud Meladze
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Mevlud Meladze working with amateur driver Roman Lebedev
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| Vice-President of Georgian AutoSport Federation | |
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Assumed office 17 July 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Mamuka Mikeashvili |
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| Born |
5 September 1972 Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Nationality | Georgian |
| Spouse(s) | Salome Gvelesiani (2010–present) |
| Children | Luca, Licka, Maximilian |
| Parents | Vaja Meladze Siranush Bartaia |
| Residence | Tbilisi |
| Alma mater | Tbilisi State University |
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Representing  Georgia
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| Men's Combat Sambo | ||
| World Championships | ||
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1991 Chambéry | +52 kg |
| European Championships | ||
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1991 Tourin | +52 kg |
Mevlud Meladze (Georgian: მევლუდ მელაძე) (born 5 September 1972) is Georgia's best known motorsports promoter and road safety activist, the founder and vice-president of the Georgian AutoSport Federation, a non-profit association that represents the interests of motoring organisations and car users in Georgia. A former Sambo practitioner, he entered the racing career in 2001 and became the Formula Alfa Champion of Georgia in 2014.
He retired from competitive sambo in 1994 after a remarkable progress where he won gold medal in European tournament and became a second-prize winner of the World Championship.
Since 2006, he worked as an defensive driving instructor and advisor for numerous organizations, including International Red Cross, European Union Monitoring Mission, Swiss Embassy, Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs and its Police Academy.
As a public figure, Meladze identified his major achievements as a foundation of professional motorsports in Georgia and a number of successful road safety campaigns.
His father, Vaja Meladze, also known by the pen name Chordeli, is a known Georgian writer and editor of Amer-Imeri literary magazine. His mother, Siranush Bartaia, is a school-teacher and philologist. As a youth, he studied art under one of the city's leading painters Tite Shekiladze (Georgian: ტიტე შეყილაძე) and improved himself a lot.
In the age of 10, being inspired by his father, Meladze began sambo in “Tuno” sportsclub, where Shota Khabareli and other famous Georgian fighters were practised.
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