Georgy Skhirtladze | |
Birth Date: | 9 November 1932 |
Birth Place: | Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
Death Place: | Tbilisi, Georgia |
Nationality: | Georgian |
Sport: | Wrestling |
Georgi Skhirtladze (Georgian: გიორგი სხირტლაძე ; 9 November 1932 - 25 March 2008)[1] was a wrestler from Soviet Georgia. He was Olympic silver medalist in Freestyle wrestling in 1960 and bronze medalist in 1956, competing for the Soviet Union. He won a gold medal at the 1959 World Wrestling Championships.[2]