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Avtandil Koridze

1935 - 1966

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Avtandil Georgievich Koridze (Georgian: ავთანდილ ქორიძე; 15 April 1935 – 11 April 1966) was a lightweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Georgia who won an Olympic gold medal in 1960 and a world title in 1961. He never won a Soviet title, placing second in 1957 and 1960 and third in 1958. Koridze took up wrestling in 1949 and in 1957 was included to the Soviet national team. He retired in 1961 and died five years later in a car crash, together with a fellow Olympic wrestler Roman Dzeneladze. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Avtandil Koridze is the 239th most popular wrestler (down from 134th in 2019), the 232nd most popular biography from Georgia (down from 223rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Georgian Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Avtandil Koridze ranks 239 out of 1,027Before him are Ricky Steamboat, Anatoly Roshchin, Bam Bam Bigelow, Jake Roberts, Robert Van de Walle, and Damien Sandow. After him are Asuka, Lex Luger, Ivan Bohdan, George Mehnert, Bubba Ray Dudley, and Kelpo Gröndahl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Avtandil Koridze ranks 428Before him are Andrew Viterbi, Philip Agee, Malcolm Bilson, Laurynas Stankevičius, Núria Espert, and Carlo Facetti. After him are James Cotton, Aki Schmidt, Frank Robinson, Maria Vicol, Takashi Ishimoto, and Barbro Martinsson. Among people deceased in 1966, Avtandil Koridze ranks 194Before him are Bill Carr, Tom Florie, Dimitar Dimov, Alice Pearce, Anders Petersen, and Paula Strasberg. After him are Curt Backeberg, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Natalena Koroleva, Áron Tamási, Verna Felton, and Charles Bassett.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Avtandil Koridze ranks 232 out of 406Before him are Ghazaros Aghayan (1840), Katie Melua (1984), Wang Yi (null), Grigol Vashadze (1958), Nikolai Bugaev (1837), and Abel Aganbegyan (1932). After him are Zaur Kaloev (1931), Zurab Sakandelidze (1945), Givi Kartozia (1929), Georgiy Gongadze (1969), Zurab Noghaideli (1964), and Mirian I of Iberia (null).

Among WRESTLERS In Georgia

Among wrestlers born in Georgia, Avtandil Koridze ranks 2Before him are Shota Chochishvili (1950). After him are Vakhtang Blagidze (1954), Ilias Iliadis (1986), Shota Khabareli (1958), David Khakhaleishvili (1971), Otar Tushishvili (1978), Lasha Shavdatuashvili (1992), Zurab Zviadauri (1981), Manuchar Kvirkvelia (1978), Giorgi Gogshelidze (1979), and Revaz Mindorashvili (1976).