Robert Shavlakadze

Robert Shavlakadze

Robert Shavlakadze at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born 1 April 1933 (1933-04) (age 83)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 80 kg (180 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) High jump
Club Dynamo Tbilisi
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 2.17 m (1964)[1]

Robert Shavlakadze (Georgian: რობერტ შავლაყაძე; Russian: Роберт Михайлович Шавлакадзе, born 1 April 1933) is a retired Georgian high jumper. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in first and fifth place, respectively. He also won a bronze medal at the 1962 European Championships.[1]

Domestically Shavlakadze won only one Soviet title, in 1964, finishing second in 1959, 1960 and 1962. After retiring from competitions he worked as an athletics coach, in Georgia and Congo. From 1981 to 1993 he was professor of physical education at the Agricultural University of Georgia. Later he became member of the Georgian Olympic Committee.[1]

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