(1933-04-01)1 April 1933 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Died
4 March 2020(2020-03-04) (aged 86) Tbilisi, Georgia
Height
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight
80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport
Athletics
Event
High jump
Club
Dynamo Tbilisi
Achievements and titles
Personal best
2.17 m (1964)[1][2]
Medal record
Representing the Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1960 Rome
High jump
European Athletics Championships
1962 Belgrade
High jump
Robert Shavlakadze (Georgian: რობერტ შავლაყაძე; Russian: Роберт Михайлович Шавлакадзе, 1 April 1933 – 4 March 2020) was a Georgian high jumper. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in first and fifth place, respectively. He also won a bronze medal at the 1962 European Championships.[1]
Domestically Shavlakadze won only one Soviet title, in 1964, finishing second in 1959, 1960 and 1962. After retiring from competitions he worked as an athletics coach, in Georgia and Congo. From 1981 to 1993 he was professor of physical education at the Agricultural University of Georgia. Later he became member of the Georgian Olympic Committee.[1]
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