Zurab Sakandelidze

Zurab Sakandelidze
Zurab Sakandelidze during a basketball game
Personal information
Born9 August 1945
Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Died25 January 2004(2004-01-25) (aged 58)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Listed height6 ft 1.25 in (1.86 m)
Listed weight179 lb (81 kg)
PositionPoint guard / Shooting guard
FIBA Hall of Fame
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first placeMunich 1972USSR
Bronze medal – third placeMexico City 1968USSR
FIBA World Cup
Gold medal – first place1967 MontevideoUSSR
FIBA EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place1965 Soviet UnionUSSR
Gold medal – first place1967 FinlandUSSR
Gold medal – first place1969 ItalyUSSR
Gold medal – first place1971 West GermanyUSSR
Bronze medal – third place1973 SpainUSSR
European Championship for Juniors
Gold medal – first place1964 ItalyTeam

Zurab Aleksandrovich Sakandelidze (Georgian: ზურაბ საკანდელიძე; Russian: Зураб Александрович Саканделидзе; 9 August 1945 – 25 January 2004) was a Georgian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1] He was born in Kutaisi, and played for Dinamo Tbilisi. He died in Tbilisi.

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zurab Sakandelidze Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
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