Dimitri Yachvili Markarian (born 19 September 1980) is a French former rugby union footballer who played as a scrum-half for Biarritz and France.

His paternal grandfather Chalva (Charles) was a Georgian soldier in the Soviet Army during WWII who was taken prisoner by the Wehrmacht in France, subsequently escaping to participate in the French Resistance in the province of Limousin, where he settled after hostilities.

[4] He also captained the France national team, surrendering the captaincy permanently for the 2005 summer tour to South Africa, which he missed through injury.

Yachvili was a member of the French team that finished as the runner-up to hosts New Zealand in the 2011 Rugby World Cup final.

Nevertheless his presence in the squad was then very important: over the Top 14 season, Biarritz won 71.5% of their matches when Yachvili was present, against 12.5% when he was absent.

After twelve seasons spent with Olympic Biarritz, Yachvili expressed the mental and physical fatigue he had to face after the last trying years.