Otar Korkiya

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

Otar Korkia (Georgian: ოთარ ქორქია, Russian: Отар Михайлович Коркия; May 10, 1923 in Kutaisi – 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.

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

References

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

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