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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (February 19) -- Two-time Olympic champion and United World Wrestling Hall of Fame wrestler Levan TEDIASHVILI passed away on Saturday. He was 75 years old.
Tediashvili won the Freestyle gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics and repeated as the Olympic champion at the 1976 Montreal Games. The two Olympic gold medals were won in 82kg and 90kg weight classes respectively.
Born on March 15, 1948, Tediashvili was a four-time world champion, winning the gold medal in 1971, 1973, 1974 and 1975. His world title and two Olympic medals resulted in him remaining unbeaten internationally from 1971 to 1977.
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In 1978, he jumped to the 100kg weight class and won a silver medal at the World Championships that year. He also won European titles three times.
Georgia awarded him with Vakhtang Gorgasali First Degree Medal and the title of Honorary Citizen of Tbilisi. The wrestling legend was inducted into the UWW Hall of Fame in 2005. He also acted in awarded winning films including Brighton 4th.
UWW mourns the passing of Tediashvili and expr
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Levan Tediashvili
POLITICIAN
1948 - 2024
Levan Tediashvili
Levan Tediashvili (Georgian: ლევან თედიაშვილი; 15 March 1948 – 17 February 2024) was a Soviet and Georgian wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling in 1972 and 1976. He remained undefeated between 1971 and 1976. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Levan Tediashvili has received more than 67,769 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Levan Tediashvili is the 8,313th most popular politician, the 81st most popular biography from Georgia and the 48th most popular Georgian Politician.
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Among politicians, Levan Tediashvili ranks 8,313 out of 19,576. Before him are Gjon Kastrioti, Nestor Lakoba, Alexandros Zaimis, Sibylle of Cleves, Leonid Krasin, and Lakhdar Brahimi. After him are Serdar Berdimuhamedow, Nicole
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Levan Tediashvili is still the only wrestler in the world to have won the title of champion in three different weight categories. The famous Georgian wrestler is a two-time Olympic champion, and multiple winner of the world and European championship. After finishing his career, the legendary sportsman unexpectedly tried his mettle in acting and perfectly played the role of folk-legend thief Gogia Kenkishvili in the movie “Khareba and Gogia”. More than 30 years have passed since then, and, recently, 73-year-old “Teddy” (Big Teddy Levan Tediashvili in America – R.Sh.) achieved another victory – he was named the Best Actor at Tribeca’s 20th anniversary film festival!
At the annual Tribeca Film Festival, founded in 2002 by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, Levan Koguashvili’s film “Brighton 4th” won three major awards – Best Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Actor. Levan Tediashvili’s protagonist is the main character of the film, a former wrestler who comes to Brighton to help his son who is in debt. G
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