Birth Date: | 1 September 1933 |
Birth Place: | Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
Death Date: | 11 April 1966 (aged 32) |
Death Place: | Terjola, Imereti, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
Height: | 1.78m |
Weight: | 62kg |
Sport: | Greco-Roman wrestling |
Club: | Dynamo Tbilisi |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Roman Mikhaylovich Dzeneladze (Russian: Роман Михайлович Дзенеладзе, 12 April 1933 – 11 April 1966) was a featherweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Soviet Georgia. In 1956 he won a Soviet title and a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He died in a car crash together with fellow Olympic wrestler Avtandil Koridze. He was married to Neli Dzneladze for nearly 9 years and they had two children together.[1]