Levan Sanadze ( ka, ლევან სანაძე, russian: Леван Санадзе) (August 16, 1928 – August 24, 1998) was a

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athlete, born in

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, who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He competed for the

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in the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

held in

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in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Boris Tokarev,

Levan Kalyayev Lev Alekseyevich Kalyayev (russian: Леван Алексеевич Каляев; May 16, 1929 – August 19, 1983) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Kalyayev competed for the USSR in the 1952 Summer Olympics he ...

and

Vladimir Sukharev Vladimir Sukharev (russian: Владимир Сухарев) (July 10, 1924 – April 30, 1997) was a Soviet athlete, born in Georgievka, who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow. He competed for the USSR in th ...

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 Championships medalists Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Georgia-athletics-bio-stub