Zurab Sakandelidze

Zurab Sakandelidze

Zurab Sakandelidze during a basketball game
Personal information
Born	9 August 1945 Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	25 January 2004(2004-01-25) (aged 58) Tbilisi, Georgia
Nationality	Soviet / Georgian
Listed height	6 ft 1.25 in (1.86 m)
Listed weight	179 lb (81 kg)
Position	Point guard / Shooting guard
Medals Men's Basketball Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games Munich 1972 USSR Mexico City 1968 USSR FIBA World Cup 1967 Montevideo USSR FIBA EuroBasket 1965 Soviet Union USSR 1967 Finland USSR 1969 Italy USSR 1971 West Germany USSR 1973 Spain USSR European Championship for Juniors 1964 Italy Team

Zurab Aleksandrovich Sakandelidze (Georgian: ზურაბ საკანდელიძე; Russian: Зураб Александрович Саканделидзе; 9 August 1945 – 25 January 2004) was a Georgian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team at the 1972 Summer Olympics.^[1] He was born in Kutaisi, and played for Dinamo Tbilisi. He died in Tbilisi.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zurab Sakandelidze Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2018.