Vazha K'ach'arava ( ka, ვაჟა კაჭარავა, born January 2, 1937) 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 ...

former

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

player who competed for the

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in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was born in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

. In 1964 he was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played seven matches.

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* * 1937 births Living people Sportspeople from Tbilisi Men's volleyball players from Georgia (country) Soviet men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union Volleyball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics {{Georgia-volleyball-bio-stub Recipients of the Presidential Order of Excellence