Born on 24.04.1955 in Skra, Gori, Judo (95 kg).

The two-fold World Champion (1979, 1981); The second-prize winner of the Olympic Games held in Moscow (1980), the two-fold European Champion (1976, 1977) and the second-prize winner (1981), European Champion by team competition (1977), Absolute Champion of the VI USSR PeoplesSpartakiads(1979), two-fold Champion of the USSR (1979, 1982), Absolute wrestler of Georgia in the Georgian-style wrestling (1976), The best Georgian athlete of the year (1979). The Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.