Otar Korkiya

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Olympic medal record
Competitor for Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
Men's basketball
Silver 1952 Helsinki USSR
European Championships
Gold 1947 Czechoslovakia USSR
Gold 1951 France USSR
Gold 1953 USSR USSR
Bronze 1955 Hungary USSR

Otar Mikhailovich Korkiya (Georgian: ?, Russian:Отар Михайлович Коркия; born May 10, 1923 in Kutaisi - died March 15, 2005 in Tbilisi) was a Georgian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo in Tbilisi. [1]

He was a member of the Soviet team, which won the silver medal. He played seven matches.

Korkiya was the coach of BC Dinamo Tbilisi when the club won the Champions Cup in 1962.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games., 2nd ed. (in Russian), Moscow: Fizkultura i sport, p. 306. 

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