Avtandil Koridze

Avtandil Georgievich Koridze (Georgian: ავთანდილ ქორიძე; 15 April 1935 – 11 April 1966) was a lightweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Georgia who won an Olympic gold medal in 1960 and a world title in 1961.

[2] Koridze took up wrestling in 1949 and in 1957 was included to the Soviet national team.

He retired in 1961 and died five years later in a car crash, together with a fellow Olympic wrestler Roman Dzeneladze.

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