Petre Mshvenieradze

Olympic medal record
Men's Water Polo
Competitor for  Soviet Union
1960 Rome Team competition
1956 Melbourne Team competition

Petre Kako Mshvenieradze (Georgian: პეტრე მშვენიერაძე, Russian: Пётр Яковлевич Мшвениерадзе (Pyotr Yakovlevich Mshvenieradze), March 24, 1929 June 3, 2003) was a Soviet water polo player of Georgian descent who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 1956 Summer Olympics, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Tbilisi and died in Moscow. He was the father of Georgi Mshvenieradze.

In 1952 he was a member of the Soviet team which finished seventh in the Olympic water polo tournament. He played all nine matches and scored at least one goal (not all scorers are known).

Four years later he won the bronze medal with the Soviet team in the water polo competition at the 1956 Games. He played all seven matches.

At the 1960 Games he was part of the Soviet team which won the silver medal in the Olympic water polo tournament. He played all seven matches and scored five goals.

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