Shalva Chikhladze, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Olympic wrestler
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Place of Birth: Kutaisi, Imereti, Georgia
About Shalva Chikhladze
- Shalva Konstantinovich Chikhladze (12 July 1912 – 14 January 1997) was a Soviet light-heavyweight wrestler from Georgia.
- He won a silver medal in the Greco-Roman light-heavyweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics.Chikhladze became interested in wrestling in 1920, and started training in a club in 1930, when he moved from Kutaisi to Tbilisi.
- In 1935 he moved to Moscow and placed second at the Soviet championships; he won the championships in 1936 and finished third in 1937 and 1941.
- During World War II he was wounded in action near Kaluga in late 1941.
- In March 1942 he was released from hospital and discharged with honors from the army.
- He then collected three more Soviet wrestling titles in 1946, 1949 and 1950, and was selected for the 1952 Olympics, despite being 40 years old.
- Chikhladze won a silver medal, losing the final to Kelpo Gröndahl 1:2, and retired from competitions.
- Later he coached wrestlers in his native Georgia.
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