Mikheil Korkia ( ka, მიხეილ ქორქია) (10 September 1948 – 7 February 2004) was 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 ...

Soviet 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 nation ...

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player who won

gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile me ...

with the Soviet basketball team in

Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics Basketball contests at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the eighth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It took place at Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle in Munich, Germany from August 27 to September 9. The Soviet Union co ...

. He played for

Dynamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi ( ka, დინამო თბილისი, ) is a Georgian professional football club based in Tbilisi, Georgia, that competes in the Erovnuli Liga, the top flight of Georgian football. Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the mo ...

Trophies

USSR Premier Basketball League The USSR Premier Basketball League, or Soviet Union Premier Basketball League (also called Supreme League), was the first-tier men's professional basketball league in the former Soviet Union. The league existed from 1923 to 1991, as the top profe ...

(1): 1968 *

USSR Basketball Cup The USSR Basketball Cup, or Soviet Union Basketball Cup, was the national basketball cup competition of the former Soviet Union. The first USSR Cup was held in the year 1949, and the last one was held in the year 1987. The competition was not held ...

(1): 1969

External links

FIBA Profile

Georgia National Olympic Committee Profile

Mikheil Korkia in quotes - Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia
Men's basketball players from Georgia (country) 1948 births 2004 deaths People from Kutaisi Olympic basketball players of the Soviet Union Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Soviet men's basketball players BC Dinamo Tbilisi players Dynamo sports society athletes Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union FIBA EuroBasket-winning players Sportspeople from Kutaisi Olympic medalists in basketball Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Shooting guards {{Georgia-basketball-bio-stub