Levan Sanadze

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Levan Sanadze medal table

sprinter

Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union
Olympic games
silver 1952 Helsinki 4 × 100 m
European championships
gold 1950 Brussels 4 × 100 m
bronze 1954 Bern 4 × 100 m

Levan Sanadze ( Georgian ლევან სანაძე , Russian Леван Санадзе , English transcription Levan Sanadze , born August 16, 1928 in Tbilisi , † August 24, 1998 in Moscow ) was a Georgian athlete who competed internationally for the Soviet Union and was particularly successful as a relay runner was.

At the European Championships in Brussels in 1950, Sanadze won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay in front of the teams from France and Sweden together with Vladimir Sucharew , Levan Kalyayev and Nikolai Karakulov . At the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 he won the silver medal behind the US relay together with Boris Tokarew , Levan Kalyayev and Vladimir Sucharew. In the 100- and 200-meter run , he could not qualify for the finals. Finally, he completed his collection of medals at the 1954 European Championships in Bern . In the season he won the bronze medal behind the teams from Hungary and the United Kingdom with Boris Tokarev, Viktor Ryabov and Leonid Bartenew .

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SURNAME Sanadze, Levan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES ლევან სანაძე (Abkhazian); Санадзе, Леван (Russian); Sanadze, Levan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet athlete
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Tbilisi
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 1998
Place of death Moscow