Otar Korkiya

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Men's basketball
Olympic Games
Silver	1952 Helsinki	USSR
European Championships
Gold	1947 Czechoslovakia	USSR
Gold	1951 France	USSR
Gold	1953 USSR	USSR
Bronze	1955 Hungary	USSR

Otar Korkia (Georgian: ოთარ ქორქია, Russian: Отар Михайлович Коркия; May 10, 1923 in Kutaisi – March 15, 2005 in Tbilisi) was a Georgian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo in Tbilisi.^[1]

He was a member of the Soviet team, which won the silver medal. He played seven matches.

Korkia was the coach of BC Dinamo Tbilisi when the club won the Champions Cup in 1962.

References

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

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Name	Korkia, Otar
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Date of birth	May 10, 1923
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Date of death	March 15, 2005
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