Born on 15.11.1921 in Kutaisi. Basketball Player (188 sm).

Competed for Tbilisi “University” (until 1941), the team of the Tbilisi Officers House (1944-1949) and for Tbilisi “Dinamo” (1950-1955), member of the USSR national team (1947-1952). Second-prize winner of the Olympic Games in Helsinki (1952), European Champion (1947), five-fold Champion of the USSR (1944, 1946, 1950, 1953, 1954), second-prize (1945) and third-prize (1952) winner of the USSR Championship, two-fold winner of the USSR Cup (1950, 1951), The best player of the 1954 USSR Championship. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. Holder of the Order of Honor.