Vladimir Nevzorov Explained

Country:Soviet Union
Weight Class:70 kg
Worlds Rank:1
Worlds Year:1975
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:1975
Regionals Year2:1977
Olympics Rank:1
Olympics Year:1976
Olympics Weight:Men's 70 kg
Updated:21 June 2023

Vladimir Mikhaylovich Nevzorov (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Невзоров, born 5 October 1952 in Maykop) is a Russian judoka who competed for the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Career

In 1975, Nevzorov won the gold medal at the World Judo Championships in Vienna in the half middleweight. The next year, he also won the Olympic gold medal in the same weight class.

In 1980 he became the coach of the Soviet national team. From 1989 to 1991 he worked in France for two years. In 1999 Nevzorov became head-coach of the Russian national judo team; a position he held until 2001. As such, he was the head coach of the Russian team at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1] Nevzorov later became vice-president of the Russian Judo federation.

Notes and References

  1. Vladimir Nevzorov . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203171850/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/vladimir-nevzorov-1.html . dead . 3 December 2016.