Robert Shavlakadze

Robert Shavlakadze

Shavlakadze at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(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]