Georgi Skhirtladze ( ka, გიორგი სხირტლაძე ; 9 November 1932 – 25 March 2008)Georgi Skhirtladze's profile at the Georgian Olympic Committee
was a wrestler from Soviet Georgia. He was Olympic silver medalist in

Freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling ...

in 1960 and bronze medalist in 1956, competing for the Soviet Union. He won a gold medal at the

1959 World Wrestling Championships The 1959 World Freestyle Wrestling Championship were held in Tehran, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west ...

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* 1932 births 2008 deaths Sportspeople from Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Soviet male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for the Soviet Union Wrestlers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country) Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics {{Georgia-wrestling-bio-stub