- Levan Tediashvili
Levan Tediashvili (born 15 March 1948) is a former
Soviet wrestler and Olympic champion inFreestyle wrestling .Olympics
Tediashvili competed at the
1972 Summer Olympics inMunich where he received a gold medal inFreestyle wrestling , the "middleweight" class. [http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=18&sp=WRE "1972 Summer Olympics – München, Germany – Wrestling"] "databaseOlympics.com" (Retrieved on 13 September 2008)]At the
1976 Summer Olympics inMontreal he received a gold medal in the "light heavyweight" class. [http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=19&sp=WRE "1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Wrestling"] "databaseOlympics.com" (Retrieved on 13 September 2008)]World championships
He received a gold medal in the "82 kg class" at the
1971 FILA Wrestling World Championships , and gold medals in the "90 kg class" in 1973, 1974 and 1975. At the1978 FILA Wrestling World Championships he received a silver medal in the "100 kg class".Awards
Tediashvili was selected among the Soviet Union top ten athletes of the year in 1973 by the
Federation of Sports Journalists of the USSR .References
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