Ketevan "Keto" Losaberidze ( ka, ქეთევან ლოსაბერიძე, 1 August 1949 – 23 January 2022) was a Georgian archer.

Career

She competed for the

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at the 1972 and 1980 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1980, becoming the only Soviet Olympic champion in archery. She placed fourth in 1972. Between 1971 and 1981 she won two world, four European and two Soviet titles. She was chosen as the Georgian sportsman of the year 1980 and placed fourth in the vote for the Georgian sportswoman of the 20th century. After retiring from competitions she worked as a professor of mathematics at the Tbilisi State University and from 2002 to 2005 headed the Georgian Archery Federation. She died on 23 January 2022, at the age of 72.Умерла олимпийская чемпионка Кетеван Лосаберидзе

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1949 births 2022 deaths Sportspeople from Imereti Archers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Archers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in archery Soviet female archers Female archers from Georgia (country) Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics World Archery Championships medalists Recipients of the Presidential Order of Excellence {{Georgia-archery-bio-stub