Givi Aleksandrovich Kartozia (29 March 1929 to 3 April 1998) was a middleweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Georgia. He won a world title in 1953, 1955 and 1958 and an Olympic gold medal in 1956. Domestically he was Soviet middleweight champion from 1952 to 1955, placed second in 1956 and third in 1950 and 1951. For the 1960 Olympics he moved up to the light heavyweight class and won a bronze medal. He retired soon after those Games and from 1966 worked as an international wrestling referee. After his death in 1998, an annual international wrestling tournament has been held in his honor in Tbilisi since 2010.
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Givi Aleksandrovich Kartozia (Georgian: გივი კარტოზია; 29 March 1929 - 3 April 1998) was a Middleweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Georgia.
Introduction
Givi Aleksandrovich Kartozia (Georgian: გივი კარტოზია; 29 March 1929 - 3 April 1998) was a Middleweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Georgia. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1956 and a world title in 1953, 1955 and 1958.
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He won an Olympic gold medal in 1956 and a world title in 1953, 1955 and 1958.
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