Guram Kostava

{{Short description|Soviet fencer (1937–2024)}}

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| birth_place = Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR

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{{MedalBronze|1960 Rome|Épée, team}}

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Guram Kostava ({{lang-ka|გურამ კოსტავა}}; 18 June 1937 – 20 June 2024) was a Soviet fencer. Kostava won a bronze in the team épée event at the 1960 Summer Olympics and another one in the individual épée event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KOSTAGUR01 |title=Olympics Statistics: Guram Kostava |accessdate=6 November 2010 |work=databaseolympics.com}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/guram-kostava-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230500/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/guram-kostava-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Guram Kostava Olympic Results |accessdate=6 November 2010 |work=sports-reference.com}} Kostava died on 20 June 2024, at the age of 87.[https://ren.tv/news/sport/1232474-umer-dvukratnyi-chempion-mira-po-fekhtovaniiu-guram-kostava В возрасте 87 лет умер советский шпажист Гурам Костава] {{in lang|ru}}

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