Sports Figures
- Shota Arveladze, soccer player
- Maia Chiburdanidze, former women's world chess champion
- Vitali Daraselia, former football (soccer) player for Dinamo Tbilisi and the Soviet Union National Team
- Roman Dzindzichashvili, chess grandmaster
- Teymuraz Gabashvili, tennis player
- Nona Gaprindashvili, former women's world chess champion
- Elene Gedevanishvili, figure skater
- Kakha Kaladze, football (soccer) player for the Georgia national football team and AC Milan.
- David Kipiani, former football (soccer) player for Dinamo Tbilisi and the Soviet Union National Team
- Zaza Pachulia, NBA player
- Tigran Petrosian, former world chess champion
- Murtaz Shelia, former football player for Dinamo Tbilisi and Manchester City
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Famous quotes containing the words sports and/or figures:
“It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon those that belong to his Neighbour.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
“She, while her lover pants upon her breast,
Can mark the figures on an Indian chest.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)