Levan Maisashvili
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Levan Maisashvili is a Georgian professional rugby union coach. He was the head coach of the Georgia and the Black Lion side that participates in the EPCR Challenge Cup and Rugby Europe Super Cup.[1][2] While coach of the Georgian national team during the 2021 July rugby union tests, Maisashvili contracted COVID-19 and was seriously ill in hospital.[3] He was in hospital for two months, after being placed on a ventilator with 'serious lung damage' having contracted the illness on 2 July 2021.[4]
In 2023, he decided to leave the position of the national team head coach following the team's poor performance at 2023 Rugby World Cup.[5] Currently he is an high performance director of Georgian Rugby Union.
References
[edit]- ^ "Georgia Rugby`s Coaching Staff". rugby.ge. Georgian Rugby Union.
- ^ ""That one was for you coach": Black Lion players dedicate win to Maisashvili". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Georgia coach Levan Maisashvili returns home after two-month Covid battle in South Africa". Daily Mirror. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Georgia rugby coach on Covid ordeal in SA: 'I had less than 2% chance of survival'". News24. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "ლევან მაისაშვილმა ბორჯღალოსნების მთავარი მწვრთნელის პოსტი დატოვა" (in Georgian). rugby.ge. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
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