Zaza Dianozovych Zazirov (born 25 April 1972 in Gori,

Georgian SSR The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Georgia, the Georgian SSR, or simply Georgia, was one of the republics of the Soviet Union from its second occupation (by the Red Army) in 1921 to its independence in 1991. Cotermin ...

) is a former Ukrainian

wrestler Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves diffe ...

and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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."1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Wrestling"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 18, 2008) He obtained one silver medal and one bronze medal at the

FILA Wrestling World Championships The World Wrestling Championships for Greco-Roman wrestling (men, since 1904) and freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wr ...

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* 1972 births Living people Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Ukrainian male sport wrestlers Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine Olympic wrestlers for Ukraine Olympic medalists in wrestling Ukrainian people of Ossetian descent Ossetian freestyle wrestlers Sportspeople from Gori, Georgia World Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Ukraine-wrestling-bio-stub