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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}{{Infobox sportsperson |name= |nickname= |image = | image_size = |caption= |birth_date= {{birth-date and age|df=yes|23 February 1935}} |birth_place= Batumi, Georgia | death_date = | death_place = | height = 188 cm | weight = 97 kg |sport=Greco-Roman wrestling |event= |club= |alma_mater= | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates ={{MedalCountry|the {{URS}}}}{{MedalWorldChampionships}}{{MedalGold|1958 Budapest| -87 kg}}{{MedalGold|1962 Toledo| -97 kg}}{{MedalGold|1963 Helsingborg| -97 kg}} }}Rostom Abashidze ({{lang-ka|როსტომ ომერის ძე აბაშიძე}}, {{lang-ru|Ростом Омарович Абашидзе}}, born 23 February 1935) is a retired light-heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Georgia. Competing for the Soviet Union he won the world title in 1958, 1962 and 1963 and placed fifth at the 1964 Summer Olympics.Abashidze first trained in swimming and association football before changing to wrestling. After graduating from secondary school in Batumi he moved to Tbilisi, where he studied at the Georgian Technical University and later defended a PhD in construction engineering. Shortly before the 1964 Olympics he fell ill with hepatitis A and have not fully recovered. He retired from competitions after the games to become a wrestling coach in Georgia. Later he also held executive positions in the construction industry. References{{DEFAULTSORT:Abashidze, Rostom}}{{Georgia-wrestling-bio-stub}} 8 : 1935 births|Living people|People from Batumi|Olympic wrestlers of the Soviet Union|Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country)|Soviet male sport wrestlers|World Wrestling Championships medalists |