Tengiz Karamanovich Khubuluri (born 24 May 1955) is a

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

retired half-heavyweight

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. He won the

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1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

and

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

, the European title in

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

and

, and finished second at the

1980 Olympic Games The 1980 Olympics may refer to: * 1980 Winter Olympics, Lake Placid, New York, United States * 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officiall ...

. In 1979 he was named Georgian Athlete of the Year.Tengiz Khubuluri
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* * * * 1955 births Living people Male judoka from Georgia (country) Soviet male judoka Olympic judoka for the Soviet Union Judoka at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics People from Shida Kartli {{Georgia-judo-bio-stub