Keto Losaberidze

Keto Losaberidze

Losaberidze (left) at the 1980 Olympics
Personal information
Born	1 August 1949 (1949-08) Tqibuli, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	23 January 2022 (2022-01-24) (aged 72)
Height	162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport	Archery
Club	Burevestnik Kutaisi Burevestnik Tbilisi
Medal record Representing the Soviet Union Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Individual World Archery Championships 1973 Grenoble Team 1981 Punta Ala Team European Archery Championships 1972 Walferdange Individual 1972 Walferdange Team 1978 Stoneleigh Team 1980 Compiègne Team

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

Career

She competed for the Soviet Union 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.