Igor Yakimov is a World Masters

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champion, as well as a World Masters sport sambo champion and a medallist at the

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world championships. He is the author of the ''Russian Judo'' video series and for his ''Sambo Leglocks'' video series.

Biography

Igor Yakimov, a former

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officer, is the head trainer of Sambo Canada and

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(UFRS) Canada President. Igor is a graduate of

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College where he was trained in sport and combat sambo. He was twice national Sambo Champion of

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, and world Sambo Champion. He is also the 2001 world judo champion in the Masters Class. Igor is a

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in sambo. Igor is also the Canadian representative of

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(FIAS), the largest Sambo sanctioning body in the world. When Igor came to Canada he originally lived in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and trained at the Memorial University Judo Club, then run by Dr. Yves Legal.

Accomplishments

*2001 World Masters Sambo Champion *2001 Medalist World Combat Sambo Championship *1999 World Masters Judo Champion *1999 Pan American Sambo Champion *1999 Pan American Sambo Champion *1998 Abu Dhabi Combat Championships Medalist *1998 Pan American Sambo Champion *1997 Provincial Judo Champion *1990 International Sambo Champion *1990 Medalist Soviet Sambo Championship *1988 Russian National Sambo Champion *1985 Russian National Sambo Champion *1984 Medalist of International Judo Tournament of Socialist Countries Russian martial artists Living people Russian expatriate sportspeople in Canada Year of birth missing (living people) {{Russia-martialart-bio-stub