Georgian freestyle wrestler

David Tsimakuridze

Personal information
Born| 26 March 1925
Poti, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union[1]
Died| 9 May 2006 (aged 81)
Tbilisi, Georgia[1]
Sport
Sport| Freestyle wrestling
Club| Iskra Tbilisi[1]

Medal record

Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
|  1952 Helsinki | -79 kg

David Tsimakuridze (29 March 1925 – 9 May 2006) was a Georgian middleweight freestyle wrestler. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1952, becoming the first Olympic champion from Georgia. Domestically he won the Soviet title in freestyle (1945–1947, 1949–1952) and Greco-Roman wrestling (1947 and 1948). After retiring from competitions he worked as a coach, and prepared the national team for the 1956 Olympics.[1][2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d Davit Tsimak'uridze . sports-reference.com
2. ^ Valery Steinbach, ed. (2017). Great Olympic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2\. O–Ya. LitRes. p. 857\. ISBN 978-5-04-049811-6.

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Olympic Champions in freestyle middleweight

* 1908 Stanley Bacon (GBR)
* 1920 Eino Leino (FIN)
* 1924 Fritz Hagmann (SUI)
* 1928 Ernst Kyburz (SUI)
* 1932 Ivar Johansson (SWE)
* 1936 Émile Poilvé (FRA)
* 1948 Glen Brand (USA)
* 1952 David Tsimakuridze (URS)
* 1956 Nikola Stanchev (BUL)
* 1960 Hasan Güngör (TUR)
* 1964 Prodan Gardzhev (BUL)
* 1968 Boris Gurevich (URS)
* 1972 Levan Tediashvili (URS)
* 1976 John Peterson (USA)
* 1980 Ismail Abilov (BUL)
* 1984 Mark Schultz (USA)
* 1988 Han Myung-woo (KOR)
* 1992 Kevin Jackson (USA)
* 1996 Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS)
* 2000 Adam Saitiev (RUS)
* 2004 Cael Sanderson (USA)
* 2008 Revaz Mindorashvili (GEO)
* 2012 Sharif Sharifov (AZE)
* 2016 Abdulrashid Sadulaev (RUS)
* 2020 David Taylor (USA)

* 1908: 73 kg
* 1920: 75 kg
* 1924–1960: 79 kg
* 1964–1968: 87 kg
* 1972–1996: 82 kg
* 2000: 85 kg
* 2004–2012: 84 kg
* 2016–present: 86 kg

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