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Petre Kako Mshvenieradze (Georgian: პეტრე მშვენიერაძე, Russian: Пётр Яковлевич Мшвениерадзе (Pyotr Yakovlevich Mshvenieradze)) (24 March 1929 – 3 June 2003) was a Soviet water polo player of Georgian descent who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics.

Olympic medal record
Men's water polo
Representing the  Soviet Union
	1960 Rome	Team competition
	1956 Melbourne	Team competition

He was born in Tbilisi and died in Moscow. He was the father of water polo players 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 at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, he won the bronze medal with the Soviet team. He played all seven matches. However, that year 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 Summer Olympics in Rome 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

• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)

External links

• Petre Mshveniyeradze at Olympics.com
• Petre Mshveniyeradze at Olympedia

На других языках

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- [en] Petre Mshvenieradze

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[fr] Petre Mshvenieradze

Petre Kako Mshvenieradze (en géorgien : პეტრე მშვენიერაძე, en russe : Пётр Яковлевич Мшвениерадзе, Pyotr Yakovlevich Mshvenieradze, né le 24 mars 1929 à Tbilissi, en république socialiste fédérative soviétique de Transcaucasie, mort le 3 juin 2003 à Moscou) est un joueur de water-polo soviétique (géorgien). Il participe aux Jeux olympiques de 1952, 1956 et 1960.

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[it] P'et're Mshveniyeradze

Piotr Yakovlevich Mshvenieradze (in georgiano: პეტრე მშვენიერაძე?; Tbilisi, 24 marzo 1929 – Mosca, 3 giugno 2003) è stato un pallanuotista sovietico con cittadinanza georgiana, vincitore di una medaglia d'argento all'olimpiade di Roma 1960 ed una di bronzo a Melbourne 1956.

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[ru] Мшвениерадзе, Пётр Яковлевич

Пётр Яковлевич Мшвениерадзе (груз. პეტრე იაკობის ძე მშვენიერაძე; 24 марта 1929, Тифлис — 3 июня 2003, Москва) — советский ватерполист, представлявший советскую сборную на Олимпийских играх 1952, 1956 и 1960 годов.

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