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Levan Sanadze
Levan Sanadze ( ka, ლევან სანაძე, russian: Леван Санадзе) (August 16, 1928 – August 24, 1998) was a Georgian athlete, born in Tiflis, who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He competed for the USSR in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bot ... in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Boris Tokarev, Levan Kalyayev and Vladimir Sukharev. Competition record 1928 births Sportspeople from Tbilisi Male sprinters from Georgia (country) Soviet male sprinters Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union 1998 deaths European Athletics Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics (sport)
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing sports, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and racewalking. The results of racing events are decided by finishing position (or time, where measured), while the jumps and throws are won by the athlete that achieves the highest or furthest measurement from a series of attempts. The simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for expensive equipment, makes athletics one of the most common types of sports in the world. Athletics is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay (athletics), relay races and competitions which combine athletes' performances for a team score, such as cross country. Organized athletics are traced back to the Ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC. The rules and format of the modern athletics events, events in athletics were defined in Western Europe and N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
