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Name
  
David Tsimakuridze


Role
  
Olympic athlete

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Died
  
May 9, 2006, Tbilisi, Georgia

Olympic medals
  
Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics - Men's Freestyle Middleweight

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.

References

David Tsimakuridze Wikipedia


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