Avtandil Georgievich Koridze ( ka, ავთანდილ ქორიძე; 15 April 1935 – 11 April 1966) was a lightweight Greco-Roman wrestler from

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who won an Olympic gold medal in 1960 and a world title in 1961.Koridze, Avtandil (URS)
. iat.uni-leipzig.de He never won a Soviet title, placing second in 1957 and 1960 and third in 1958. Koridze took up wrestling in 1949 and in 1957 was included to the Soviet national team. He retired in 1961 and died five years later in a car crash, together with a fellow Olympic wrestler Roman Dzeneladze.

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* 1935 births 1966 deaths Sport wrestlers from Tbilisi Soviet male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for the Soviet Union Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country) Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in wrestling World Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Burevestnik (sports society) sportspeople Road incident deaths in the Soviet Union {{Georgia-wrestling-bio-stub