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 )
1893 Arthur A. Zimmerman | 1894 August Lehr | 1895 Jaap Eden | 1896 Harry Reynolds | 1897 Edwin Schrader | 1898 Paul Albert | 1899 Thomas Summersgill | 1900 Alphonse Didier-Nauts | 1901 Émile Maitrot | 1902 Charles Piard | 1903 Arthur L. Reed | 1904 Marcus Hurley | 1905 Jimmy S. Benyon | 1906 Francesco Verri | 1907 Jean Devoissoux | 1908 Victor Johnson | 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913 William Bailey | 1912 Donald McDougall | 1914–1919 not held | 1920 Maurice Peeters | 1921 Henry Brask Andersen | 1922 Thomas Johnson | 1923, 1924 Lucien Michard | 1925 Jaap Meijer | 1926 Avanti Martinetti | 1927 Mathias Engel | 1928 Willy Falck Hansen | 1929 Antoine Mazairac | 1930 Louis Gérardin | 1931 Helge Harder | 1932 Albert Richter | 1933 Jacobus van Egmond | 1934 Benedetto Pola | 1935 Toni Merkens | 1936 Arie van Vliet | 1937, 1938 Jef van de Vijver | 1939 Jan Derksen | 1940–1945 not held | 1946 Oscar Plattner ; | 1947 Reginald Harris | 1948 Mario Ghella | 1949 Sydney Patterson | 1950 Maurice Verdeun | 1951, 1952 Enzo Sacchi | 1953 Marino Morettini | 1954 Cyril Peacock | 1955 Giuseppe Ogna | 1956, 1957 Michel Rousseau | 1958, 1959 Valentino Gasparella | 1960 Sante Gaiardoni | 1961, 1962 Sergio Bianchetto | 1963 Patrick Sercu | 1964 Pierre Trentin | 1965 Omar Pchakadze | 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975 Daniel Morelon | 1968 Luigi Borghetti | 1972 not held | 1974, 1978 Anton Tkáč | 1976 not held | 1977 Jürgen Geschke | 1979, 1983, 1985, 1987 Lutz Heßlich | 1980 not held | 1981, 1982 Sergei Kopylov | 1984 not held | 1986 Michael Huebner | 1988 not held | 1989, 1990 Bill Huck | 1991 Jens Fiedler
(Afterwards the separation between amateurs and professionals was lifted. Further results under world champion in sprint )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| 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 |