Otar Korkia

Otar Korkia

Otar Korkia during basketball game
Personal information
Born May 10, 1923
Kutaisi, Georgia
Died March 15, 2005(2005-03-15) (aged 81)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Medal record
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Men's Basketball
Summer Olympic Games
1952 Helsinki National Team
FIBA EuroBasket
1947 Czechoslovakia National Team
1951 France National Team
1953 USSR National Team
1955 Hungary National Team

Otar Korkia (Georgian: ოთარ ქორქია, Russian: Отар Михайлович Коркия; May 10, 1923 in Kutaisi – March 15, 2005 in Tbilisi) was a Georgian basketball player and coach.

Club career

Korkia trained at Dynamo in Tbilisi.[1] He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991.

Soviet Union national team

Korkia was a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team, which won the silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games. He played in seven games.

Coaching career

Korkia was the coach of Dinamo Tbilisi, when the club won the European Champions Cup (Euroleague) in 1962.

References

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

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