Keto Losaberidze
Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 January 2022 (aged 72) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Archery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Burevestnik Kutaisi Burevestnik Tbilisi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ketevan "Keto" Losaberidze (Georgian: ქეთევან ლოსაბერიძე, 1 August 1949 – 23 January 2022) was a Georgian archer.
Career
She competed for the Soviet Union at the 1972 and 1980 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1980,[1] becoming the only Soviet Olympic champion in archery. She placed fourth in 1972. Between 1971 and 1981 she won two world, four European and two Soviet titles. She was chosen as the Georgian sportsman of the year 1980 and placed fourth in the vote for the Georgian sportswoman of the 20th century. After retiring from competitions she worked as a professor of mathematics at the Tbilisi State University and from 2002 to 2005 headed the Georgian Archery Federation.[2] She died on 23 January 2022, at the age of 72.[3]
References
- OCLC 966525012.
- ^ Ketevan Losaberidze. Sports-reference.com
- ^ Умерла олимпийская чемпионка Кетеван Лосаберидзе (in Russian)
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