Anzor Kiknadze

Anzor Kiknadze

Doug Rogers, Isao Inokuma, Parnaoz Chikviladze and Anzor Kiknadze at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born	26 March 1934 Badiauri, Sagarejo, Georgia
Died	17 November 1977 (aged 43) Tbilisi, Georgia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb)
Sport
Sport	Judo
Club	Dynamo Tbilisi
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Heavyweight World Championships 1965 Rio de Janeiro Open 1967 Salt Lake City +93 kg European championships 1962 Essen Open (amateurs) 1964 Berlin Open (amateurs) 1965 Madrid Open (amateurs) 1966 Luxembourg Open 1967 Rome Open 1968 Lausanne +93 kg

Anzor Kiknadze (Georgian: ანზორ კიკნაძე, Russian: Анзор Леванович Кикнадзе, 26 March 1934 – 17 November 1977) was a Georgian judoka who won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division (+80 kg) at the 1964 Summer Olympics. At the world championships he won two bronze medals, in 1965 and 1967. At the European Championships he won an open title in 1962 and 1964–66, and finished second in 1967 and 1968. He was also European team champion in 1963–66, winning team bronzes in 1962 and 1967.^[1] Nationally, he was a Soviet champion in sambo in 1961–1965, but never competed in the judo championships, which were first held in 1973. After retiring from competitions he coached sambo and judo in Tbilisi where he died in a car accident, aged 43.^[2]

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