Georgian Guram Sagharadze, who competed as a freestyle welterweight his entire career, was selected for the Soviet national team in 1963 and made his international début at the 1963 World Championships, where he won gold. Sagharadze went to the 1964 Olympics as a favorite for the Olympic freestyle welterweight title, but wrestled draws with İsmail Oğan and Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran in the final round and, due to the bad points system, had to settle for silver. After the Olympics, Sagharadze won gold at the 1965 World Championships, silver at the 1966 and 1967 World Championships and bronze at the 1968 European Championships, but retired from sports after not being selected for the 1968 Soviet Olympic team. Domestically, Sagharadze won three Soviet freestyle welterweight titles (1964-66), silver in 1967 and bronze in 1968 at the Soviet Championships. After finishing his sporting career, Sagharadze worked as a wrestling coach in his native Georgia and was the coach of the Georgian national wrestling team.
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