Givi Kartozia
Personal information
Born29 March 1929
Batumi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Died3 April 1998 (aged 69)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
SportGreco-Roman wrestling
ClubIskra Tbilisi
Burevestnik Tbilisi
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1956 Melbourne 79 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Rome 87 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1953 Naples79 kg
Gold medal – first place1955 Karlsruhe79 kg
Gold medal – first place1958 Budapest79 kg
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1956 Istanbul 79 kg

Givi Aleksandrovich Kartozia (Georgian: გივი კარტოზია; 29 March 1929 – 3 April 1998) was a Middleweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Georgia. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1956 and a world title in 1953, 1955 and 1958.[1] Domestically he was the Soviet middleweight champion in 1952–55, and placed second in 1956 and third in 1950 and 1951. For the 1960 Olympics he moved up to the light-heavyweight class and won a bronze medal. He retired soon after the Olympics and since 1966 acted as an international wrestling referee. He died in 1998, aged 69, and starting from 2010 an annual international wrestling tournament has been held in Tbilisi in his honor.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Kartosija, Giwi (URS) Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. iat.uni-leipzig.de
  2. ↑ "Givi K'art'ozia". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
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