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David Rudman (April 13, 1943 – February 8, 2022) was a Russian-American wrestler, Sambo world champion, and judo European champion.[1][2]
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| Citizenship | Soviet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 13, 1943 Kuybyshev, RSFSR, Soviet Union (now Samara, Russia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | February 8, 2022 (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Wrestler, sambist, and judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo sports society | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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][citation needed] Rudman died on February 8, 2022, at the age of 78.[6][7]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Rudman was an Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, and an Honored Coach of the USSR.[1]
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