Petre Mshvenieradze
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Petre Kako Mshvenieradze (Georgian: პეტრე მშვენიერაძე, Russian: Пётр Яковлевич Мшвениерадзе (Pyotr Yakovlevich Mshvenieradze)) (March 24, 1929 – June 3, 2003) was a Soviet water polo player of Georgian descent who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 1956 Summer Olympics, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Tbilisi and died in Moscow. He was the father of water polo player Giorgi Mshvenieradze and Nuzgari Mshvenieradze.
In 1952 he was a member of the Soviet team which finished seventh in the Olympic water polo tournament. He played all nine matches and scored at least one goal (not all scorers are known).
Four years later he won the bronze medal with the Soviet team in the water polo competition at the 1956 Games. He played all seven matches.
As a member of the USSR national team, he won the bronze award of the Olympics, having spent all seven games. At the Olympics in Melbourne, however, there was an incident that became known as the Blood in the Water match. The semi-final against the Hungarian team took place on the same days as the bloody events in Budapest. In the match Hungary - the USSR, with the score 3: 0. The match was stopped, remained under-played, the USSR national team considered a technical defeat.
At the 1960 Games he was part of the Soviet team which won the silver medal in the Olympic water polo tournament. He played all seven matches and scored five goals.
See also[]
External links[]
- Petre Mshveniyeradze at Olympics.com
- Petre Mshveniyeradze at Olympedia
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