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Otar Korkia (Georgian: ოთარ ქორქია, Russian: Отар Михайлович Коркия; May 10, 1923 – March 15, 2005) was a Georgian professional basketball player and coach. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players, in 1991. He was also named the Best Georgian Basketball Player of the 20th Century, and the Best Georgian Sportsman of the 20th Century.[1] He was born in Kutaisi.

Otar Korkia

Otar Korkia, during a basketball game
Personal information
Born	May 10, 1923 Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	March 15, 2005(2005-03-15) (aged 81) Tbilisi, Georgia
Nationality	Soviet / Georgian
Listed height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Career information
Playing career	1940–1958
Position	Center
Number	7, 10
Coaching career	1958–1970
Career history
As player:
1940–1947	Dinamo Kutaisi
1947–1958	Dinamo Tbilisi
As coach:
1958–1959	Soviet Union Under-20
1959–1968	Dinamo Tbilisi
1968–1970	Cambodia
Career highlights and awards
As player: FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) 3× Soviet League champion (1950, 1953, 1954) 2× Soviet Cup winner (1949, 1950) Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1950) Order of Lenin (1957) Order of Honor (Georgia) Best Georgian Basketball Player of the 20th Century Best Georgian Sportsman of the 20th Century As head coach: EuroLeague champion (1962) Honored Coach of the USSR (1967)
Medals Representing  Soviet Union Men's Basketball Summer Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki FIBA EuroBasket 1947 Prague 1951 Paris 1953 Moscow 1955 Budapest

Playing career

Club career

During his club career, Korkia played with Dinamo Kutaisi, from 1940 to 1947, and with Dinamo Tbilisi, from 1947 to 1958.[2] He won three USSR League championships (1950, 1953, and 1954) and two USSR Cups, (1949 and 1950).

National team career

Korkia was a member of the senior Soviet Union national basketball team, which won the silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games. He played in seven games during that tournament.[3] He later became the captain of the senior Soviet national team.

He also won gold medals at the 1947 EuroBasket, the 1951 EuroBasket, and the 1953 EuroBasket. Additionally, he won the bronze medal at the 1955 EuroBasket.

Coaching career

Korkia was the head coach of Dinamo Tbilisi, when the club won the FIBA European Champions Cup (later called EuroLeague) championship, in the 1961–62 season. He was named an Honored Coach of the USSR, in 1967.

Titles won

Player

• USSR League (3): 1950, 1953, 1954
• USSR Cup (2): 1949, 1950
• EuroBasket (3): 1947, 1951, 1953

Head coach

• EuroLeague (1): 1962

Personal life

Korkia died in Tbilisi, aged 81. His nephew, Mikheil, was also a well-known senior Soviet national basketball team player.

See also

• List of EuroLeague-winning head coaches

References

External links

• FIBA Profile
• FIBA Europe Profile
• Sports-Reference.com Profile
• Databaseolympics.com Profile
• GEORGIA LOSES LEGEND KORKIA

На других языках

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- [en] Otar Korkia

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[fr] Otar Korkiya

Otar Korkiya, en géorgien : ოთარ ქორქია, né le 10 mai 1923, à Koutaïssi, dans la République socialiste fédérative soviétique de Transcaucasie, mort le 15 mars 2005, à Tbilissi en Géorgie, est un joueur soviétique de basket-ball.

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[it] Otar Korkia

Otar Korkia, in georgiano: ოთარ ქორქია? (Kutaisi, 10 maggio 1923 – Tbilisi, 15 marzo 2005), è stato un cestista e allenatore di pallacanestro sovietico.

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[ru] Коркия, Отар Михайлович

Отар Михайлович Коркия (груз. ოთარ მიხეილის ძე ქორქია; 10 мая 1923 (1923-05-10), Кутаиси, Грузинская ССР, ЗСФСР, СССР — 15 марта 2005, Тбилиси, Грузия) — советский баскетболист и баскетбольный тренер. Заслуженный мастер спорта СССР (1950), заслуженный тренер СССР (1967). Дядя олимпийского чемпиона по баскетболу 1972 Михаила Коркии.

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