Vitaly Valeryevich Makarov (russian: Виталий Валерьевич Макаров; born June 23, 1974 in

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ka who competed in the men's lightweight category. He was a 2004

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silver medalist, 2001

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, and earned medals in several other international tournaments. He was a 1994 World Junior Champion and has been a coach on the Russian national judo team.

Biography

Makarov is considered to be one of the best Russian judokas. He started judo when is father offered to take him to practice, who believed he had talent at the sport. At the 1994 Junior World Judo Championships in Cairo, Egypt, Makarov won his first international competition, and later that year got a silver medal at the Junior European Championships. In

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in 1999, he missed his chance to become World Champion after losing to

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of the United States in the final. In the

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he was defeated in the first match by

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of Kazakhstan. But in 2001 Makarov famously defeated

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of Japan to become World Champion. He won a silver medal in the lightweight (73 kg) division at the

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after being defeated by

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of South Korea in the final due to competing with an injury. Since 2006 he has been coaching the Russian judo team, and trained other Russian judoka who competed at the

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. He is also a coach on the Russian team for the

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in Tokyo.Ronaldo Veitía Quiñones (18 January 2019)
Interview with Vitaly Makarov
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Personal life

He is married to Carmen Calvo, 3rd degree black belt, an official of the Spanish Judo Federation.

Achievements

References

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