Otar Korkia
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| Olympic medal record | ||
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Competitor for  Soviet Union |
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| Summer Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 1952 Helsinki | National Team |
| FIBA EuroBasket | ||
| Gold | 1947 Czechoslovakia | National Team |
| Gold | 1951 France | National Team |
| Gold | 1953 USSR | National Team |
| Bronze | 1955 Hungary | National Team |
Otar Korkia (Georgian: ოთარ ქორქია, Russian: Отар Михайлович Коркия; May 10, 1923 in Kutaisi – March 15, 2005 in Tbilisi) was a Georgian basketball player and coach.
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Club career [edit]
Korkia trained at Dynamo in Tbilisi.[1] He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991.
Soviet Union national team [edit]
Korkia was a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team, which won the silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games. He played in seven games.
Coaching career [edit]
Korkia was the coach of Dinamo Tbilisi, when the club won the European Champions Cup (Euroleague) in 1962.
References [edit]
- ^ Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games. (in Russian) (2nd ed. ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 306.
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Categories:
- 1923 births
- 2005 deaths
- People from Kutaisi
- Mingrelians
- Basketball players from Georgia (country)
- Soviet basketball players
- Olympic basketball players of the Soviet Union
- Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Dynamo sports society athletes
- EuroBasket-winning players
- Euroleague-winning coaches
- Olympic medalists in basketball
