Vladimir Stepanov (armwrestler) explained

Vladimir Stepanov
Nationality:	Russian
Birth Date:	1958 7, df=yes
Birth Place:	Kopeysk, Soviet Union
Weight:	100kg (200lb)

Vladimir Alekseyevich Stepanov (Степанов, Владимир Алексеевич; born 1958) is a Russian armwrestler. He is one of the strongest Russian armwrestlers in Grand-master class (over 50 years of age), multiple world champion in less than 100 kg category. He is a current arm wrestling team member of Russian Federation and Sverdlovsk region.

Arm wrestling came to his life by accident. Vladimir Stepanov, alongside his childhood friend Vladimir Levitsky, visited some relatives in West Ukraine in August 1978. At approximately that time, World Arm wrestling Federation (WAF) started to create events. Arm wrestling was very popular in western part of the Soviet Union. Vladimir Stepanov and Vladimir Levitsky were invited to participate in minor amateur tournaments. All opponents were defeated because by then both Vladimirs were well trained weightlifters. From 1997 and until now, Vladimir Stepanov started participating in major competitions across Ural region, Russia and worldwide.From 1997 to 2001 Vladimir had trained in Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Since 2002 he has trained in Yekaterinburg under supervision of Ivan Getmansky.

Biography

Stepanov was born on 22 July 1958 in Kopeysk, Russia. From 1977 to 1983, he was studying at Ural State University of Railway Transport in Yekaterinburg. At that time he got involved in weightlifting under coaching of Nikolai Guselnikov. After graduating as a railway engineer, Vladimir Stepanov also graduated from Russian Customs Academy in 1999, Moscow and got a degree of Manager of Customs, Diploma with Honors. From 1990 to 2006 Vladimir Stepanov had worked at The Federal Customs Service of Russia in Ural region. Since 2007 Vladimir Stepanov has worked at the Federal Service for Ecological, Technological and Nuclear Supervision.

Sport achievements

2001:

• IX World Police and Fire Games Indianapolis, United States – silver medal for the right arm pulling in 102 kg and over category, master class.

2002:

• XI Arm Wrestling Championship of Russian Federation in Kazan, Russia – 4 place in snatch, second for the left arm pulling, fourth for the right arm pulling in 95 kg and over category, master class.

2003:

• IX World Police and Fire Games Barcelona, Spain – silver medal for the right arm pulling in less than 113 kg category, master class.

2004:

• XIII Arm Wrestling Championship of Russian Federation in Moscow – two silver medals in snatch for the left and right arms pulling in 95 kg and over category, master class.

2005:

• XI World Police and Fire Games Quebec City, Canada – gold medal^[1] for the right arm pulling in before 113 kg category, master class.

2009:

• XXXI World Arm wrestling Championship, Porto Viro, Italy – bronze medal^[2] for the right arm pulling in 90 kg and over category, Grand-master class.

2010

• XIX Arm wrestling Championship of Russian Federation, Moscow – gold medal in snatch in 90 kg and over category, Grand-master class.
• XX Europe Arm wrestling Championship, Moscow – bronze medals for the right and left arms pulling in 90 kg and over category, Grand-master class.
• XXXII World Arm wrestling Championship, Las Vegas, United States – gold medal^[3] for the left arm pulling and fourth place^[4] for the right arm pulling in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.

2011:

• XX Arm wrestling Championship of Russian Federation, Moscow – gold medal in snatch in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.
• XXI Europe Arm wrestling Championship, Antalya, Turkey – gold and silver medals^[5] in snatch in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.
• XXXIII World Arm wrestling Championship, Almaty, Kazakhstan – two gold medals^{[6] [7]} in snatch in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.

2012:

• XXI Arm wrestling Championship of Russian Federation, Moscow – gold medal in snatch in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.
• XXII Europe Arm wrestling Championship, Gdańsk, Poland – two gold medals^[8] in snatch in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.
• XXXIV World Arm wrestling Championship, São Vicente, Brazil – gold^[9] and bronze^[10] medals in snatch in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.

2013:

• XXII Arm wrestling Championship of Russian Federation, Ramenskoye – two gold medals^[11] in snatch in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.
• XXIII Europe Arm wrestling Championship, Druskininkai, Lithuania]– gold medal^[12] for the left arm pulling and 6 place for the right arm pulling in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.
• XXXV World Arm wrestling Championship, Gdynia, Poland – gold^[13] and bronze^[14] medals in snatch in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.

2014:

• XXIII Arm wrestling Championship of Russian Federation, Ramenskoye – first place^[15] in the double-event, in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.
• XXIV Europe Arm wrestling Championship, Azerbaijan, Baku – two bronze medals^[16] in snatch in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.
• XXXVI World Arm wrestling Championship, Vilnius, Lithuania – 6^[17] in the fight with his right hand, in the weight category up to 100 kg grand-master class.

2015:

• XXIV Arm wrestling Championship of Russian Federation, Ramenskoye – gold medal^[18] in the fight with his left hand, in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.
• XXXVII World Championships in armsportu, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur – bronze medal^[19] in the fight with his left hand, the 6th place in the fight with his right hand, in the weight category up to 100 kg of grand-master class.

2016:

• XXV Arm wrestling Championship of Russian Federation, Ramenskoye – first place^[20] in the sum of the biathlon, in the weight category up to 100 kg grand master class.
• XXXVIII World Arm wrestling Championship, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria – gold medal^[21] in the fight with the right hand, a silver medal in the fight with the left hand, in the weight category up to 100 kg grand master class.

2018:

• XXVII Arm wrestling Championship of Russian Federation, Protvino – gold medals^[22] in the fight left and right hand in the weight category up to 100 kg grand master class, senior grand-master class.
• XXVIII Europe Arm wrestling Championship, Sofia, Bulgaria – gold medals^[23] in the fight left hand in the weight category up to 100 kg senior grand-master class.
• XL World Arm wrestling Championship, Antalya, Turkey – gold medals in the fight left hand in the weight category up to 100 kg senior grand-master class.

2019:

• XXVIII Arm wrestling Championship of Russian Federation (Yekaterinburg) – gold and bronze medals^[24] in the struggle with left and right hands in the weight category up to 100 kg senior grand-master class, grand-master class.
• XXIX Europe Arm wrestling Championship Greece (Loutraki) – gold medals^[25] in the fight with left and right hands in the weight category up to 100 kg, senior grand-master class;

External links

• World champion armsport
• Vladimir Stepanov won World Championship gold in arm wrestling
• Selected the best of the best in Russian armsportu for 2012!
• Selected the best of the best in Russian armsportu for 2013!
• http://minsport.midural.ru/index.php/news/166/
• Six awards from the competition brought Sverdlovsk armrestlery
• World Arm wrestling Championship, Kazakhstan 2011 (Almaty)
• XXII armsport championship of Russia on March 5–6, 2013 (Ramenskoye)
• Final category grand-master at 100kg XXXV world championship armsport
• Award in the category of grand-master at 100kg XXXV world championship armsport
• Believe and achieve. Happy New Year and promote the healthy lifestyle
• Vladimir Stepanov on the way to the final victorious in the championship of Russia on Arm wrestling 2014
• 1/4 finals Ramenskoye 2015
• 1/2 finals Ramenskoye 2015
• Final Ramenskoye 2015

Notes and References

1. http://www.cpaf.org/downloads/wpfg/results/2005.pdf Results from World Police and Fire Games in Canada in 2005
2. Web site: Results from World Arm wrestling Championship in Italy in 2009 . 24 March 2013 . 10 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140310144300/http://www.worldarmwrestlingfederation.com/2009Day_2.pdf . dead .
3. http://www.worldarmwrestlingfederation.com/2010Day_1.pdf Results first day from World Arm wrestling Championship in USA in 2010
4. http://www.worldarmwrestlingfederation.com/2010Day_2.pdf Results second day from World Arm wrestling Championship in USA in 2010
5. http://www.eaf-armwrestling.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=86:european-armwrestling-championships-2011-turkey&catid=78&Itemid=473 Results Europe Arm wrestling Championship in Turkey 2011
6. http://www.worldarmwrestlingfederation.com/2011%20Day%201.pdf Results first day World Arm wrestling Championship in Kazakhstan 2011
7. http://www.worldarmwrestlingfederation.com/2011%20Day%202.pdf Results second day World Arm wrestling Championship in Kazakhstan 2011
8. http://www.eaf-armwrestling.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87:european-armwrestling-championships-2012-poland&catid=78&Itemid=473 Results Europe Arm wrestling Championship in Poland 2012
9. http://www.worldarmwrestlingfederation.com/2012Day1.pdf Results first day World Arm wrestling Championship in Brazil 2012
10. http://www.worldarmwrestlingfederation.com/2012Day2.pdf Results second day World Arm wrestling Championship in Brazil 2012
11. http://www.armsport-rus.ru/results/2013_results/183-chempionat-rossii-po-armsportu-sredi-veteranov.html Results of the championship of Russia on Arm wrestling Ramenskoye 2013
12. http://ru.armpower.net/calendar/results/european-armwrestling-championships-2013-lithuania-518.html Results Europe Arm wrestling Championship in Lithuania 2013
13. Web site: Results first day World Arm wrestling Championship in Poland 2013 . 21 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131021152033/http://www.worlds2013.armpower.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20:worlds-2013-results&catid=8&Itemid=133 . 21 October 2013 . dead .
14. Web site: Results second day World Arm wrestling Championship in Poland 2013 . 21 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131021152033/http://www.worlds2013.armpower.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20:worlds-2013-results&catid=8&Itemid=133 . 21 October 2013 . dead.
15. http://ru.armpower.net/article/ru/chempionat-rossii-po-armsportu-2014-03-07-g-ramenskoe-1588.html Results of the championship of Russia on Arm wrestling Ramenskoye 2014
16. http://ru.armpower.net/calendar/event/european-armwrestling-championships-2014-575.html Results Europe Arm wrestling Championship in Azerbaijan 2014
17. http://www.armsport-rus.ru/newss/item/1429-news.html Results from World Arm wrestling Championship in Lithuania in 2014
18. https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=http://www.armsport-rus.ru/images/News_pic/2015/docs/2015vtr.doc Results of the championship of Russia on Arm wrestling Ramenskoye 2015
19. http://waf-armwrestling.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/WAC2015-OFFICIAL-RESULTS-stamped1.pdf Results from World Arm wrestling Championship in Malaysia in 2015
20. http://www.armsport-rus.ru/results/rezultaty-2016-goda/423-chempionat-rossii-po-armrestlingu-sredi-veteranov-moskovskaya-oblast-g-ramenskoe-17-21-fevralya-2016-g.html Results of the championship of Russia on Arm wrestling Ramenskoye 2016
21. https://armwrestling-rus.ru/results/rezultaty-2018-goda/507-chempionat-evropy-po-armrestlingu-2018.html Results from World Arm wrestling Championship in Bulgaria in 2016
22. https://armwrestling-rus.ru/newss/item/2875-news.html Results of the championship of Russia on Arm wrestling Protvino 2018
23. https://armwrestling-rus.ru/newss/item/2875-news.html Results Europe Arm wrestling Championship in Bulgaria 2018
24. https://armwrestling-rus.ru/results/rezultaty-2019-goda/543-chempionat-rossii-po-armrestlingu-sredi-veteranov-2019-ekaterinburg.html Results of the championship of Russia on arm wrestling in Yekaterinburg 2019
25. Web site: Results of the European Armwrestling Championship in Greece 2019 . 7 June 2019 . 7 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190607145520/http://www.waf-armwrestling.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-EuroArm-Official-Results.pdf . dead .