David Rudman (wrestler) explained
David Rudman (April 13, 1943 – February 8, 2022) was a Russian-American wrestler, Sambo world champion, and judo European champion.[1] [2]
Early and personal life
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] Rudman died on February 8, 2022, at the age of 78.[6] [7]
Wrestling career
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]
Sambo career
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]
Judo career
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]
Sports administrator
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]
Honors
Rudman was an Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, and an Honored Coach of the USSR.[1]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: FIAS – David Rudman . Sambo.com . November 9, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100610060435/http://www.sambo.com/rudman.html . June 10, 2010 .
- Web site: David Rudman . JudoInside.com . November 9, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203055746/http://www.judoinside.com/judoka/view/5883/david_rudman/ . December 3, 2013 .
- Web site: Jews in Sport in the USSR . Yivo Encyclopedia . November 9, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150429023935/http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Sport/Jews_in_Sport_in_the_USSR . April 29, 2015 .
- News: 40 Bright Years | Clubs . Samoz.ru . November 9, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120405235556/http://www.samoz.ru/earticle.php?id=455 . April 5, 2012 . dead .
- Web site: Рудман Давид Львович. Официальный сайт ЦО «Самбо-70». https://web.archive.org/web/20110428100017/http://sambo-70.ru/masters/?itemid=233. April 28, 2011.
- Web site: Умер основатель центра образования "Самбо-70" Давид Рудман . February 8, 2022 . tass.ru . February 10, 2022.
- News: Ex-FIAS President and Sambo-70 School founder Rudman dies aged 78 . Patrick . Burke . February 9, 2022 . . February 10, 2022.
- Book: USSR . Novosti Press Agency. Agentstvo pechati "Novosti". 1988 . November 9, 2011.
- News: Sambo wants to move out of judo's shadow . Daily Times . November 23, 2005 . November 9, 2011.
- News: An Interview with Russia's Controversial Judoka . Black Belt . Hayward Nishioka. June 1970 . November 9, 2011.
- Book: Judo: history, theory, practice – Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, Vasiliĭ Shestakov, Alexey Levitsky, Alekseĭ Levit͡s͡kiĭ . 9781556434457 . November 9, 2011. Putin . Vladimir Vladimirovich . Shestakov . Vasiliĭ . Levitsky . Alexey . 2004 . North Atlantic Books .
- News: Rudman Again Grasps Adriatic Judo Cup . January 1971 . Black Belt . November 9, 2011.
- News: Yanks Cop Two Medals at World Sambo Championships . February 1974 . Black Belt . November 9, 2011.
- News: Soviet Champ Blames "Good Judo" for Poor Russian Win Record . Black Belt . March 1971. November 9, 2011.
- Book: Coaching review . Coaching Association of Canada . Coaching Association of Canada . 1986. November 9, 2011.
- Web site: The International Amateur Sambo Federation elected David Rudman its new president . Sambo.com . April 19, 2005 . November 9, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120531211907/http://www.sambo.com/russian-news-room-4-19-05.html . May 31, 2012 .