Levan Tediashvili
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Died | 17 February 2024 | (aged 75)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Freestyle wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Gantiadi (1968–1974), Lokomotiv (1975–1977), Dynamo (1980) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Levan Tediashvili (Georgian: ლევან თედიაშვილი; 15 March 1948 – 17 February 2024) was a Soviet and Georgian wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling in 1972 and 1976. He remained undefeated between 1971 and 1976. Besides freestyle wrestling, he was also a Soviet and world champion in sambo.[1]
Olympics
Tediashvili won gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the middleweight class.[2] At the 1976 Summer Olympics he received gold medal in the light heavyweight class.[3] While winning these titles, he defeated two brothers, John Peterson in 1972 and Ben Peterson in 1976. John won a gold medal in 1976 and Ben won a gold medal in 1972, in the weight categories where Tediashvili did not compete.[1]
World and European championships
Tediashvili won a gold medal in the 82 kg class at the
Biography and awards
Tediashvili was born to a Georgian father, invalid of World War II, and a Russian mother, who moved to Georgia with her other son Herman after her husband was killed in World War II. Herman also became wrestler and then worked as wrestling coach in Chișinău.[4]
Tediashvili was selected among the
In 1987, he and Georgian Olympic cyclist
Tediashvili fought in the Abkhazian War, along with his son, who was killed in the conflict. From 1995 to 2003, he was a parliamentary deputy from a district of Kakheti.[7]
In 2021, Tediashvili played the starring role of a former wrestling champion in
Tediashvili died on 17 February 2024, at the age of 75.[10]
References
- ^ a b c Levan Tediashvili. Sports-reference.com
- ^ "1972 Summer Olympics – München, Germany – Wrestling" Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 13 September 2008)
- ^ "1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Wrestling" Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 13 September 2008)
- ^ a b Тедиашвили Левон Китоевич. wrestrus.ru
- ^ Levan Tediashvili. imdb.com
- ^ Arsen Yeremyan (August 2009). Magazine RussClub #8 2009 МОЛНИЯ НА ТРЕКЕ. Russkii Club, #8, pp. 28–31
- ^ "Leadership: Levan Tediashvili". patriots.ge. Archived from the original on 20 October 2018.
- ^ Kay, Jeremy (18 June 2021). "'The Novice', 'Brighton 4th', 'Ascension' triumph in Tribeca juried awards". Screen International. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Levan Koguashvili's 'Brighton 4th' wins 3 awards at FilmFestival Cottbus". Agenda.ge. 7 November 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ პუბლიკა (2024-02-17). "75 წლის ასაკში გარდაიცვალა ლევან თედიაშვილი". პუბლიკა (in Georgian). Retrieved 2024-02-17.
External links
- Levan Tediashvili at the International Wrestling Database
- Levan Tediashvili at Olympics.com
- Levan Tediashvili at Olympedia