Background
Tediashvili, Levan was born on March 15, 1948 in Georgia, United States.
Tediashvili, Levan was born on March 15, 1948 in Georgia, United States.
Graduated from the Georgian Institute of Physical Culture, 1971.
He remained undefeated between 1971 and 1976. While winning these titles, he defeated two brothers, John Peterson in 1972 and Ben Peterson in 1976. Herman also became wrestler and then worked as wrestling coach in Kishinau.
Tediashvili was selected among the Soviet Union top ten athletes of the year in 1973 by the Federation of Sports Journalists of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. In 1976, he was awarded the Order of Lenin.
In 1987, he and Georgian Olympic cyclist Omar Pkhakadze played two heroes in the historical Georgian film Khareba da Gogia. The film director Georgiy Shengelaya chose them instead of professional actors for their athletism, charisma and energy required for these roles.
Their assistants in the film were also played by sportsmen, world champions in wrestling.
Besides freestyle wrestling, he was also a Soviet and world champion in sambo. Tediashvili won gold medal at the 1972 Summer in the middleweight class. At the 1976 Summer he received gold medal in the light heavyweight class. John won a gold medal in 1976 and Ben won a gold medal in 1972, in the weight categories where Tediashvili did not compete. Tediashvili won a gold medal in the 82 kg class at the 1971 FILA Wrestling World Championships, and gold medals in the 90 kg class in 1973, 1974 and 1975. At the 1978 FILA Wrestling World Championships he received a silver medal in the 100 kg class. He also won European titles in 1974, 1976 and 1978.
