Nodar Kumaritashvili was a Georgian luger who had competed in Winter Games since the year 2008.
Nodar Kumaritashvili was born on the 25th of November 1988.
Nodar Kumaritashvili died on the 12th of February 2010 while training for the Olympic Games.
Nodar Kumaritashvili was ranked at number 55 during the 2008/09 Luge World Cup.
Nodar died at the day of the opening of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games as he crashed while practicing. Nodar Kumaritashvili was moving at a speed of 144.30 km/hr which is 90 mph.
He hit the steel post as he was doing at that speed, Nodar Kumaritashvili died of his injuries in a hospital in Vancouver.
Nodar Kumaritashvili is recorded as the 4th death case of a professional athlete in the History of Winter Olympic Games.