Kakhi Kakhiashvili, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kakhi Kakhiashvili

weightlifter

Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1969

Place of Birth: Tskhinvali, Shida Kartli, Georgia

Profession: weightlifter

Nationality: Greece

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Kakhi Kakhiashvili (Georgian: ???? ??????????, Greek: ??????? ?a??asß????; born 13 July 1969 in Tskhinvali, South Ossetian AO, Georgian SSR, USSR) is a Georgian-Greek weightlifter, is one of only four weightlifters to have won three consecutive gold medals at Olympic Games.
He won his first at Barcelona 1992, competing with the Unified Team, and later as a citizen of Greece at Atlanta 1996 and in Sydney 2000.
He won three Senior World Championships (1995, 1998, 1999), was twice a silver medalist at the Senior World Championships (1993 and 1994), and set seven world records during his career.Kakhiashvili was born in Tskhinvali, Georgia, to a Georgian father and a Greek mother, Maria Lamprianidi.
He is renowned in weightlifting circles for his uncanny ability to lift exactly what was required to win.
Dubbed as a "computer" by some competitors, he also had the ability to block out everything that was not relevant to the competition at hand.