Oleg Stepanov Explained

Full Name:Oleg Sergeevich Stepanov
Birth Date:10 December 1939
Birth Place:Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Death Date:27 February 2010 (aged 70)
Death Place:Moscow, Russia
Height:1.75m (05.74feet)
Country:Soviet Union
Sport:Judo, sambo
Weight Class:68 kg, 70 kg
Club:Armed Forces sports society, Moscow[1] [2]
Worlds Rank:3
Worlds Year:1965
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:1965
Regionals Year2:1966
Olympics Rank:3
Olympics Year:1964
Olympics Weight:Men's 68 kg
Updated:24 June 2023

Oleg Sergeevich Stepanov (Russian: Олег Серге́евич Степанов, 10 December 1939 – 27 February 2010) was a judoka and sambo competitor. Domestically he was mostly known for sambo, which was a very popular sport in the Soviet Union, albeit with a limited international recognition. Between 1958 and 1968 Stepanov won eight national titles in sambo. Internationally he competed in judo, which has similar rules to sambo. The first Soviet judo team was formed in 1962 from the best sambo competitors, including Stepanov, and in 1963 it showed its strength in Europe and Japan.[3] Later Stepanov won bronze medals at the 1964 Olympics and 1965 World Championships, as well as European titles in 1965 and 1966.[1]

After retiring from competitions Stepanov coached sambo and judo at the Moscow Armed Forces Sports Club, for which he competed previously. In the late 1970s he trained the national women's judo team.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115232/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/oleg-stepanov-1.html Oleg Stepanov
  2. Book: All about Olympic Games.. Boris Khavin. Fizkultura i sport. 2nd. 1979. Moscow. Russian. 366.
  3. https://archive.today/20070812104918/http://www.sambo.ru/press/tales/article_393/ По Японии прошел тайфун в виде советских самбистов
  4. http://www.samoz.ru/article.php?id=26 Ковер, борцовки и солнечный остров…