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Giorgi

Gogshelidze

DOB::11.07.1979

Wrestling Freestile

Malkhaz

Zarkua

DOB::02.19.1984

Wrestling Freestile

Revaz

Mindorashvili

DOB::07.01.1976

Wrestling Freestile

Guram

Sagaradze

DOB::03.21.1939

Wrestling Freestile

Luka (Eldar)

Kurtanidze

DOB::04.16.1972

Wrestling Freestile

David Tsimakuridze

Sport Category

Wrestling Freestile

DOB:03.29.1925

1952 Helsinki, Finland - Gold

Gold

Born on March 29, 1925 in Poti. Freestyle wrestler (79 kg).

The first Georgian Olympic Champion (1952, Helsinki). Sevenfold champion of the USSR (1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952), and the second- (1954) and third-prize (1948) winner. Twofold second-prize winner of the USSR championship (1947, 1948) in Greco-Roman wrestling. The Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, the Honored Trainer of the USSR and Georgia. Holder of FILA Order, the Order with Honor and the Vakhtang Gorgasali II class Order.
Died on May 8, 2006.

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