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Georgian basketball player
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
NationalitySoviet / Georgian
Listed height6 ft 1.25 in (1.86 m)
Listed weight179 lb (81 kg)
PositionPoint guard / Shooting guard
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place Munich 1972 USSR
Bronze medal – third place Mexico City 1968 USSR
FIBA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1967 Montevideo USSR
FIBA EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 1965 Soviet Union USSR
Gold medal – first place 1967 Finland USSR
Gold medal – first place 1969 Italy USSR
Gold medal – first place 1971 West Germany USSR
Bronze medal – third place 1973 Spain USSR
European Championship for Juniors
Gold medal – first place 1964 Italy Team

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. 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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