Keto Losaberidze
Losaberidze (left) at the 1980 Olympics
Personal information
Born1 August 1949 (1949-08)
Tqibuli, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Died23 January 2022 (2022-01-24) (aged 72)
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportArchery
ClubBurevestnik Kutaisi
Burevestnik Tbilisi
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Individual
World Archery Championships
Gold medal – first place 1973 Grenoble Team
Gold medal – first place 1981 Punta Ala Team
European Archery Championships
Gold medal – first place 1972 Walferdange Individual
Gold medal – first place 1972 Walferdange Team
Gold medal – first place 1978 Stoneleigh Team
Gold medal – first place 1980 Compiègne Team

Ketevan "Keto" Losaberidze (Georgian: ქეთევან ლოსაბერიძე, 1 August 1949 – 23 January 2022) was a Georgian archer.

Career

She competed for the Soviet Union at the 1972 and 1980 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1980,[1] 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.[2] She died on 23 January 2022, at the age of 72.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Fuller, Linda K. (2016). Female olympians : a mediated socio-cultural and political-economic timeline. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US. p. 41. ISBN 9781137594815. OCLC 966525012.
  2. ^ Ketevan Losaberidze. Sports-reference.com
  3. ^ Умерла олимпийская чемпионка Кетеван Лосаберидзе (in Russian)
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