This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Ministry of Sports of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
Mindiashvili created the first Krasnoyarsk school of higher sportsmanship in wrestling in Siberia and the Far East in 1973.
In 2008, the school was reorganized into an academy and named after him.
The coach was a mentor to two-time Olympic champion Ivan Yarygin, three-time Olympic champion Buvaysar Saytiev and Olympic champion Sagid Murtazaliev.
Earlier it was reported that hockey coach Zavarukhin died.