Georgy Skhirtladze Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://geonoc.org.ge/index.php?lang_id=GEO&sec_id=28&sportmen_id=137 Georgi Skhirtladze's profile at the Georgian Olympic Committee
  2. Web site: Giorgi Skhirt'ladze . Sports Reference LLC . 31 March 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110908024538/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sk/giorgi-skhirtladze-1.html . 8 September 2011 .