Home / Birthday profiles / Vakhtang Balavadze (wrestler)
Portrait of Vakhtang Balavadze (wrestler)

Birthday profile

Vakhtang Balavadze (wrestler)

Vakhtang Balavadze, Georgian wrestler (died 2018)

Find birthday twinsOpen interactive profile
Born
November 20, 1927
Died
July 25, 2018
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1927

About Vakhtang Balavadze (wrestler)

Vakhtang Balavadze (Georgian pronunciation:; 20 November 1927 – 25 July 2018) was a Georgian welterweight freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1956. He won the world title in 1954 and 1957, and was a runner-up in 1959. Balavadze won the Soviet title in 1952–55 and 1957, placing second in 1956 and 1959. He retired from competition following the 1960 Summer Olympics to become a wrestling coach and referee.

Biography source: Wikipedia. The profile adds birthday-specific historical context from the Celebs Birthday Today editorial database.

Vakhtang Balavadze (wrestler) timeline

  1. Balavadze won the Soviet title in 1952–55 and 1957, placing second in 1956 and 1959.
  2. He won the world title in 1954 and 1957, and was a runner-up in 1959.
  3. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1956.

The world when Vakhtang Balavadze (wrestler) was born

Vakhtang Balavadze (wrestler) was born in 1927. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1927

  • #1 song"My Blue Heaven" – Gene Austin
  • Top movieThe Jazz Singer (first talking picture)
  • Best-selling bookElmer Gantry – Sinclair Lewis

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBabe Ruth hits 60 home runs
  • Top headlineLindbergh completes first solo transatlantic flight
  • Technology milestoneThe Jazz Singer — first feature-length talking film
  • Defining fadDance marathons peak
  • Notable inventionPEZ candy dispensers
  • World population2.04 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderCalvin Coolidge
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population119.0M

1927 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Vakhtang Balavadze (wrestler)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19272026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$6,100$435,000
Average income$3,700$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population119.0M341 million

Sources and editorial standards

This profile combines a biographical source with structured birthday and historical context. Sources recorded for this profile: Wikipedia, Olympedia, Wikidata. See our editorial policy for sourcing, corrections, and review standards.

Read the source biography on Wikipedia. Wikipedia text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.