Saida Gunba

Saida Kanosovna Gunba (Georgian: საიდა გუმბა; 30 August 1959 in Sukhumi, Georgian SSR – 24 November 2018 in Pitsunda, Abkhazia^[1])^[2] was a Soviet javelin thrower. Gunba was affiliated with Burevestnik Tbilisi.

Saida Gunba

Personal information
Native name	Georgian: საიდა გუმბა
Birth name	Saida Kanosovna Gunba
Born	30 August 1959 Sukhumi, Georgian SSR
Died	24 November 2018(2018-11-24) (aged 59) Pitsunda, Abkhazia
Sport
Club	Burevestnik Tbilisi
Medal record Women's Track and field 1980 Moscow Javelin

She competed for the USSR at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, where she won the silver medal in the women's javelin competition.^[3] She also finished fifth at the 1979 IAAF World Cup.

Her personal best throw was 68.28 metres with the old javelin type, achieved in 1980.^[3]

References

1. The political status of Abkhazia is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Georgia in 1992, Abkhazia is formally recognised as an independent state by 5 UN member states (two other states previously recognised it but then withdrew their recognition), while the remainder of the international community recognizes it as de jure Georgian territory. Georgia continues to claim the area as its own territory, designating it as Russian-occupied territory.
2. Создана комиссия по организации похорон Саиды Гунба (in Russian)
3. Sports-reference