Vladimer Nestorovich Ugrekhelidze (alternate spelling: Vladimir, ka, ვლადიმერ უგრეხელიძე; 18 August 1939 – 3 February 2009) was a Soviet-Georgian

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player who competed in the

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and won a

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. Honoured Master of Sport of the USSR.

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1939 births Basketball players from Tbilisi Men's basketball players from Georgia (country) Soviet men's basketball players 1963 FIBA World Championship players Olympic basketball players for the Soviet Union Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in basketball 2009 deaths Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub