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Citizenship | Soviet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kuybyshev, RSFSR, Soviet Union (now Samara, Russia) | April 13, 1943||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | February 8, 2022 | (aged 78)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Wrestler, sambist, and judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo sports society | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Rudman (April 13, 1943 – February 8, 2022) was a Russian-American wrestler, Sambo world champion, and judo European champion. [1] [2]
Rudman was born in Kuybyshev (now Samara, Russia). [1] [3] [4] He emigrated to the United States in 1994, [5] and lived in New York City, where was involved in sports administration. [1][ citation needed] Rudman died on February 8, 2022, at the age of 78. [6] [7]
He was a member of the sport association " Dynamo". [1]
In 1965–69 and 1973, he was the USSR Wrestling Champion at 70 kg. [1] He was second in the USSR championship at 70 kg in 1970–72, and third in 1974. [1]
In 1967, he was the Champion of the first International Sambo Tournament, at 70 kg. [1] [8] [9] Rudman described sambo as "is a combination of many forms of martial arts, designed to give Soviet soldiers the edge in combat fighting". [9] In 1973, he was the first World Champion in the weight category up to 68 kg. [1] He was a six-time USSR sambo champion. [4]
In 1969, he was the European Judo Champion in individual competition as a light-middleweight (U70), winning all of his matches in Ostend, Belgium, ahead of Antoni Zajkowski and Czeslaw Kur of Poland, and Patrick Vial of France. [3] He won a bronze medal in the 1969 World Judo Championships in Mexico City in the U70 weight class. [1] [2] [3] [10] [11] [12] In 1970, he was part of the European Team Judo Champion at the championships in Berlin, fighting in the U70 weight class. [1] [2] [13] [14]
Rudman founded and served as director of the "Sambo-70" sports school in the Cheremushki District of Moscow. [1] [4] [15]
He was the President of the American Amateur Sambo Federation since 2004, and President of the Federation International Amateur Sambo from 2005 on. [1] [9] [16]
Rudman was an Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, and an Honored Coach of the USSR. [1]
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Citizenship | Soviet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kuybyshev, RSFSR, Soviet Union (now Samara, Russia) | April 13, 1943||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | February 8, 2022 | (aged 78)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Wrestler, sambist, and judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo sports society | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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David Rudman (April 13, 1943 – February 8, 2022) was a Russian-American wrestler, Sambo world champion, and judo European champion. [1] [2]
Rudman was born in Kuybyshev (now Samara, Russia). [1] [3] [4] He emigrated to the United States in 1994, [5] and lived in New York City, where was involved in sports administration. [1][ citation needed] Rudman died on February 8, 2022, at the age of 78. [6] [7]
He was a member of the sport association " Dynamo". [1]
In 1965–69 and 1973, he was the USSR Wrestling Champion at 70 kg. [1] He was second in the USSR championship at 70 kg in 1970–72, and third in 1974. [1]
In 1967, he was the Champion of the first International Sambo Tournament, at 70 kg. [1] [8] [9] Rudman described sambo as "is a combination of many forms of martial arts, designed to give Soviet soldiers the edge in combat fighting". [9] In 1973, he was the first World Champion in the weight category up to 68 kg. [1] He was a six-time USSR sambo champion. [4]
In 1969, he was the European Judo Champion in individual competition as a light-middleweight (U70), winning all of his matches in Ostend, Belgium, ahead of Antoni Zajkowski and Czeslaw Kur of Poland, and Patrick Vial of France. [3] He won a bronze medal in the 1969 World Judo Championships in Mexico City in the U70 weight class. [1] [2] [3] [10] [11] [12] In 1970, he was part of the European Team Judo Champion at the championships in Berlin, fighting in the U70 weight class. [1] [2] [13] [14]
Rudman founded and served as director of the "Sambo-70" sports school in the Cheremushki District of Moscow. [1] [4] [15]
He was the President of the American Amateur Sambo Federation since 2004, and President of the Federation International Amateur Sambo from 2005 on. [1] [9] [16]
Rudman was an Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, and an Honored Coach of the USSR. [1]