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Robert Shavlakadze

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Robert Shavlakadze
Robert Shavlakadze at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born1 April 1933 (1933-04) (age 91)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventHigh jump
ClubDynamo Tbilisi
Achievements and titles
Personal best2.17 m (1964)[1]
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome High jump
European Athletics Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1962 Belgrade High jump

Robert Shavlakadze (Georgian: რობერტ შავლაყაძე; Russian: Роберт Михайлович Шавлакадзе, born 1 April 1933) is a retired Georgian high jumper. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in first and fifth place, respectively. He also won a bronze medal at the 1962 European Championships.[1]

Domestically Shavlakadze won only one Soviet title, in 1964, finishing second in 1959, 1960 and 1962. After retiring from competitions he worked as an athletics coach, in Georgia and Congo. From 1981 to 1993 he was professor of physical education at the Agricultural University of Georgia. Later he became member of the Georgian Olympic Committee.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Robert' Shavlaq'adze. sports-reference.com