Georgi Tsurtsumia (born October 29, 1980, in

Tsalenjikha Tsalenjikha ( ka, წალენჯიხა, also transliterated as Tsalendjikha and Tzalenjikha) is a town in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region of western Georgia with a population of 3,847 as of 2014. It is located on the river Chanistsqali. Histor ...

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) is a Kazakhstani

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who competed in the Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg at the

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and won the silver medal.

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