Keto Losaberidze

Keto Losaberidze

Losaberidze (left) at the 1980 Olympics
Personal information
Born 1 August 1949 (1949-08) (age 66)
Tqibuli, Georgia
Height 162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Archery
Club Burevestnik Kutaisi
Burevestnik Tbilisi

Ketevan "Keto" Losaberidze (Georgian: ქეთევან ლოსაბერიძე, born 1 August 1949) is a retired archer from Georgia. She competed for the Soviet Union at the 1972 and 1980 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1980, becoming the only Soviet Olympic champion in archery. She placed fourth in 1972. Between 1971 and 1981 she won two world, four European and two Soviet titles. She was chosen as the Georgian sportsman of the year 1980 and placed fourth in the vote for the Georgian sportswoman of the 20th century. After retiring from competitions she worked as a professor of mathematics at the Tbilisi State University and from 2002 to 2005 headed the Georgian Archery Federation.[1]

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