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Born | 28 March 1937 Batumi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 1 May 1984 (aged 47) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Burevestnik Tbilisi | |||||||||||||||||
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