![]() Zurab Sakandelidze during a basketball game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | August 9, 1945 Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | January 25, 2004 Tbilisi, Georgia | (aged 58)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Soviet and Georgian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 179 lb (81 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zurab Aleksandrovich Sakandelidze (Georgian: ზურაბ საკანდელიძე; Russian: Зураб Александрович Саканделидзе; August 9, 1945 – January 25, 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
- ^ 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.