Omar Pchakadze
Omar Pchakadze ( Georgian ომარ ფხაკაძე , Russian Омар Лонгизонович Пхакадзе ; born August 12, 1944 in Kutaisi , Georgia , † May 21, 1993 in Tbilisi ) was a Soviet track cyclist of Georgian nationality.
Athletic career
In 1965 Omar Pchakadse became world champion in the sprint of amateurs in San Sebastian , in 1966 in Frankfurt he was third in the sprint and in 1969 in Brno he was vice world champion in this discipline. He also set world records over 200 meters several times.
Pchakadse started three times in the sprint at the Olympic Games, 1964 in Tokyo , 1968 in Mexico City and 1972 in Munich , where he won the bronze medal behind his great French rival and gold medalist Daniel Morelon . Omar Pchakadze was champion of the USSR in the track sprint 1963 and 1964, and between 1966 and 1972. He achieved his first championship triumph exactly on his 19th birthday.
He won the GDR Grand Prix in the sprint three times, in 1965 ahead of Milos Jelinek , in 1966 in front of Giordano Turrini and in 1968 in front of Daniel Morelon.
Familiar
Omar Pchakadze is married to Donara Dzhanukashvili, a former gymnast.
Professional
After his career, he worked for several years as the coach of the Georgian national team.
Trivia
To the surprise of his competitors, Pchakadze liked to smoke a cigarette after competitions. Because of his athletic figure, he was often referred to as the "bull of Kutaisi". During races on the Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle track in Berlin, he underpinned this when he broke the handlebars of his bike twice.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b German Cycling Association of the GDR (Ed.): The cyclist . No. 28/1965 . Berlin 1965, p. 5 .
- ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 28/1967 . Berlin 1967, p. 7-9 .
- ^ A b German Cycling Association of the GDR (Ed.): The cyclist . No. 37/1979 . Berlin 1979, p. 3 .
Web links
- Omar Pchakadze in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Omar Pchakadze in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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SURNAME | Pchakadze, Omar |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | ფხაკაძე, ომარ (Georgian); Пхакадзе, Омар Лонгизонович (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet track cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1944 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kutaisi |
DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1993 |
Place of death | Tbilisi |