Georgi Mshvenieradze (born 12 August 1960, in
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...
,
Georgian SSR
The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц ...
) is a Soviet
water polo
Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...
player.
His father,
Petre Petre is a surname and given name derived from Peter. Notable persons with that name include:
People with the given name Petre
* Charles Petre Eyre (1817–1902), English Roman Catholic prelate
* Ion Petre Stoican (circa 1930–1990), Romanian vi ...
, was the captain of the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
team throughout the 1950s and appeared at three
Olympic Games
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. Georgy and his brother
Nugzari followed their father into the sport.
See also
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List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
This is a list of Olympic champions in men's water polo since the inaugural official edition in 1900.
Abbreviations
History
Men's water polo tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1900. At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a water po ...
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List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament.
There are fifty-nine male athletes who have ...
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List of world champions in men's water polo
This is a list of world champions in men's water polo since the inaugural official edition in 1973.
Abbreviations
History
The 1973 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the first edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquati ...
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References
External links
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1960 births
Living people
Male water polo players from Georgia (country)
Olympic water polo players of the Soviet Union
Water polo players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic medalists in water polo
Sportspeople from Tbilisi
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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