David Rudman (wrestler)

David Rudman (born April 13, 1943) is a Soviet American wrestler of Jewish descent, Sambo world champion, and judo European champion.[1][2]

David Rudman

Personal information
Citizenship	Soviet
Born	April 13, 1943 Kuibyshev, RSFSR, Soviet Union (now Samara, Russia)
Occupation	wrestler, sambist, and judoka
Sport
Sport	wrestling
Club	Dynamo sports society
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Men's Judo World Championships 1969 Mexico City 70 kg European Championships 1969 Ostend 70 kg 1970 East Berlin 70 kg team Men's Sambo World Championships 1973 Tehran 68 kg

Early and personal life

Rudman is Jewish, and was born in Kuibyshev (now Samara, Russia).[1][3][4] He later emigrated to the United States, and lives in New York, being involved in sports administration activities.[1]

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][5][6] Rudman describes sambo as "is a combination of many forms of martial arts, designed to give Soviet soldiers the edge in combat fighting".[6] In 1973, he was the first World Champion in the weight category up to 68 kg.[1] He is 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][7][8][9] In 1970, he was part of the European Team Judo Champion at the championships in Berlin, fighting in the U70 weight class.[1][2][10][11]

Sports administrator

Rudman founded and served as director of the "Sambo-70" sports school in the Cheremushki District of Moscow.[1][4][12]

He has been President of the American Amateur Sambo Federation since 2004, and President of the Federation International Amateur Sambo since 2005.[1][6][13]

Honors

Rudman is an Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, and an Honored Coach of the USSR.[1]

References

1. "FIAS – David Rudman". Sambo.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
2. "David Rudman". JudoInside.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
3. "Jews in Sport in the USSR". Yivo Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on April 29, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
4. "40 Bright Years | Clubs". Samoz.ru. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
5. Agentstvo pechati "Novosti" (1988). USSR. Novosti Press Agency. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
6. "Sambo wants to move out of judo's shadow". Daily Times. November 23, 2005. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
7. Hayward Nishioka (June 1970). "An Interview with Russia's Controversial Judoka". Black Belt. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
8. Judo: history, theory, practice – Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, Vasiliĭ Shestakov, Alexey Levitsky, Alekseĭ Levit͡s͡kiĭ. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
9. "Rudman Again Grasps Adriatic Judo Cup". Black Belt. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
10. "Yanks Cop Two Medals at World Sambo Championships". Black Belt. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
11. "Soviet Champ Blames "Good Judo" for Poor Russian Win Record". Black Belt. March 1971. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
12. Coaching Association of Canada (1986). Coaching review. Coaching Association of Canada. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
13. "The International Amateur Sambo Federation elected David Rudman its new president". Sambo.com. April 19, 2005. Archived from the original on May 31, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2011.

External links

• David Rudman's personal website