Ramaz Kharshiladze

Ramaz Kharshiladze was a Georgian judoka who competed for the Soviet Union, born on 16 January 1951 in Natsargora in the Shida Kartli region and affiliated with VS Tbilisi. He stood 182 cm and weighed 95 kg, and fought in the half-heavyweight class. His Olympic result was the silver medal in the half-heavyweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He also won the half-heavyweight bronze at the 1975 World Championships and the half-heavyweight bronze at the 1980 European Championships. At home he took the Soviet half-heavyweight title in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979 and 1980, and he was Soviet middleweight champion in sambo, the Soviet wrestling style similar to judo, in 1971 and 1973. Kharshiladze died in September 2017 at the age of 66.