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Davit Tsimak'uridze

Full name: Davit Tsimak'uridze
Original name: დავით ციმაკურიძე
Gender: Male
Born: March 29, 1925 in P'oti, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
Died: May 9, 2006 in Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia
Affiliations: Iskra Tbilisi, Tbilisi (GEO)
Country: URS Soviet Union
Sport: Wrestling

Medals: 1 Gold (1 Total)

Biography

In 1952 Davit Tsimak'uridze became the first Georgian Olympic champion, although he competed for the Soviet Union of which Georgia then was a part. His appearance at the 1952 Olympics was his only one at a major international championship. Despite losing the first match to Bengt Lindblad of Sweden, he went on to win his remaining matches and the Olympic gold. In national competition, Tsimak'uridze had been very successful already, winning the Soviet freestyle middleweight title seven times (1945-1947, 1949-1952) and the Greco-Roman middleweight title twice (1947 and 1948). He later worked as a wrestling coach.

Results

Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
1952 Summer 27 Helsinki Wrestling Men's Middleweight, Freestyle Soviet Union URS 1 Gold

Men's Middleweight, Freestyle

Event History
Games Age City Sport Team NOC Phase Unit Rank Date Result MMR/RE BP MR
1952 Summer 27 Helsinki Wrestling Soviet Union URS Final Standings 1 1952-07-20 2-0
1952 Summer 27 Helsinki Wrestling Soviet Union URS Final Round Match #2 AC 1952-07-23 Tsimak'uridze (URS)
1952 Summer 27 Helsinki Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round Six 1T 1952-07-23 5
1952 Summer 27 Helsinki Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round Six Match #1 1 1952-07-23 Tsimak'uridze (URS) decision (2-1), Takhti (IRI) 1
1952 Summer 27 Helsinki Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round Five 2 1952-07-23 4
1952 Summer 27 Helsinki Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round Five Match #1 1 1952-07-23 Tsimak'uridze (URS) decision (3-0), Gurics (HUN) 1
1952 Summer 27 Helsinki Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round Four 3 1952-07-22 3
1952 Summer 27 Helsinki Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round Four Match #4 AC 1952-07-22 Tsimak'uridze (URS) 0
1952 Summer 27 Helsinki Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round Three 5 1952-07-22 3
1952 Summer 27 Helsinki Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round Three Match #4 1 1952-07-22 Tsimak'uridze (URS) fall (4:55), Hussain (EGY) 0
1952 Summer 27 Helsinki Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round Two 7 1952-07-21 3
1952 Summer 27 Helsinki Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round Two Match #7 1 1952-07-21 Tsimak'uridze (URS) fall (5:58), Hodge (USA) 0
1952 Summer 27 Helsinki Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round One 10T 1952-07-20 3
1952 Summer 27 Helsinki Wrestling Soviet Union URS Round One Match #7 2 1952-07-20 Lindblad (SWE) decision (2-1), Tsimak'uridze (URS) 3