Givi Aleksandrovich Kartozia ( ka, გივი კარტოზია; 29 March 1929 – 3 April 1998) was a Middleweight Greco-Roman wrestler from

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. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1956 and a world title in 1953, 1955 and 1958.Kartosija, Giwi (URS)
. iat.uni-leipzig.de Domestically he was the Soviet middleweight champion in 1952–55, and placed second in 1956 and third in 1950 and 1951. For the 1960 Olympics he moved up to the light-heavyweight class and won a bronze medal. He retired soon after the Olympics and since 1966 acted as an international wrestling referee. He died in 1998, aged 69, and starting from 2010 an annual international wrestling tournament has been held in Tbilisi in his honor.

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* 1929 births 1998 deaths Sportspeople from Batumi 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 gold 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 World Wrestling Championships medalists Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Recipients of the Order of Honor (Georgia) {{Georgia-wrestling-bio-stub Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour