David Rudman (April 13, 1943 – February 8, 2022) was a Russian-American wrestler,

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world champion, and

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European champion.

Early and personal life

Rudman was born in Kuybyshev (now

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). He emigrated to the United States in 1994, and lived in

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, where was involved in sports administration. Rudman died on February 8, 2022, at the age of 78.

Wrestling career

He was a member of the sport association " Dynamo". In 1965–69 and 1973, he was the USSR Wrestling Champion at 70 kg. He was second in the USSR championship at 70 kg in 1970–72, and third in 1974.

Sambo career

In 1967, he was the Champion of the first International

Tournament, at 70 kg. Rudman described sambo as "is a combination of many forms of

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, designed to give Soviet soldiers the edge in combat fighting". In 1973, he was the first World Champion in the weight category up to 68 kg. He was a six-time USSR sambo champion.

Judo career

In 1969, he was the European Judo Champion in individual competition as a light-middleweight (U70), winning all of his matches in

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, Belgium, ahead of Antoni Zajkowski and Czeslaw Kur of Poland, and Patrick Vial of France. He won a bronze medal in the 1969 World Judo Championships in Mexico City in the U70 weight class. In 1970, he was part of the European Team Judo Champion at the championships in Berlin, fighting in the U70 weight class.

Sports administrator

Rudman founded and served as director of the "Sambo-70" sports school in the Cheremushki District of Moscow. He was the President of the American Amateur Sambo Federation since 2004, and President of the Federation International Amateur Sambo from 2005 on.

Honors

Rudman was an Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, and an Honored Coach of the USSR.

References

External links

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David Rudman's personal website
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