Robert Shavlakadze

Robert Mikhailovich Schawlakadse ( რობერტ შავლაყაძე; Russian: Роберт Михайлович Шавлакадзе, born April 1, 1933, Tbilisi ) is a former Georgian athlete who competed for the USSR. At a height of 1.86 m his competition weight was 80 kg.

At the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960, he became Olympic champion in high jump. His victories height was 2.16 m. He won gold because he had mastered this level in the first round, while his teammate Valeri Brumel the 2.16 m crossed only at the second attempt. At the European Championships in 1962 Schawlakadse won with 2.09 m bronze. At the Olympic Summer Games in 1964 Schawlakadse was 2.14 m Olympic fifth. His personal best of 2.17 meters, he also introduced in 1964.

1896: Ellery Clark | 1900: Irving Baxter & Ray Ewry ( from the state ) | 1904: Samuel Jones & Ray Ewry ( from the state ) | interludes 1906: Con Leahy & Ray Ewry ( from the state ) | 1908: Harry Porter & Ray Ewry ( from the state ) | 1912 Alma Richards & Platt Adams ( from the state ) | 1920: Richmond Landon | 1924: Harold Osborn | 1928: Bob King | 1932: Duncan McNaughton | 1936: Cornelius Johnson | 1948: John Winter | 1952: Walt Davis | 1956: Charles Dumas | 1960: Robert Schawlakadse | 1964: Valeri Brumel | 1968: Dick Fosbury | 1972 Jüri Tarmak | 1976: Jacek Wszola | 1980: Gerd Wessig | 1984: Dietmar Mögenburg | 1988: Hennadij Awdjejenko | 1992: Javier Sotomayor | 1996: Charles Austin | 2000: Sergei Kljugin | 2004: Stefan Holm | 2008: Andrei Silnow | 2012: Ivan Uchow

List of Olympic champion in athletics

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Athletics (sport) 1960 Summer Olympics 1962 European Athletics Championships 1964 Summer Olympics Ellery Harding Clark Samuel Jones (athlete) Bob King (athlete) Cornelius Johnson (athlete) John Winter (athlete) Andrey Silnov
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