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| Born | 26 March 1925 Poti, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 May 2006 (aged 81) Tbilisi, Georgia [1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Iskra Tbilisi [1] | ||||||||||||||
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David Tsimakuridze (29 March 1925 – 9 May 2006) was a Georgian middleweight freestyle wrestler. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1952, becoming the first Olympic champion from Georgia. Domestically he won the Soviet title in freestyle (1945–1947, 1949–1952) and Greco-Roman wrestling (1947 and 1948). After retiring from competitions he worked as a coach, and prepared the national team for the 1956 Olympics. [1] [2]
References
- ^ a b c d Davit Tsimak'uridze . sports-reference.com
- ^ Valery Steinbach, ed. (2017). Great Olympic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. O–Ya. LitRes. p. 857. ISBN 978-5-04-049811-6.
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- Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country)
- Olympic wrestlers for the Soviet Union
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| Born | 26 March 1925 Poti, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 May 2006 (aged 81) Tbilisi, Georgia [1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Iskra Tbilisi [1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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David Tsimakuridze (29 March 1925 – 9 May 2006) was a Georgian middleweight freestyle wrestler. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1952, becoming the first Olympic champion from Georgia. Domestically he won the Soviet title in freestyle (1945–1947, 1949–1952) and Greco-Roman wrestling (1947 and 1948). After retiring from competitions he worked as a coach, and prepared the national team for the 1956 Olympics. [1] [2]
References
- ^ a b c d Davit Tsimak'uridze . sports-reference.com
- ^ Valery Steinbach, ed. (2017). Great Olympic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. O–Ya. LitRes. p. 857. ISBN 978-5-04-049811-6.
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- 1925 births
- 2006 deaths
- Burials at Mtatsminda Pantheon
- People from Poti
- Sportspeople from Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
- Soviet male sport wrestlers
- Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country)
- Olympic wrestlers for the Soviet Union
- Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Soviet Olympic medalist stubs
- Georgia (country) sport wrestler stubs