1972 European Sambo Championships

The 1972 European Sambo Championships was the first International Sambo competition of its kind and it was held in Riga, Latvia.[1][2][3]

1972 European Sambo Championships
LocationRiga, Latvia
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Medal overview edit

men Gold Silver Bronze
-58kg   [[]] (MGL)   Parvan Parvanov (BUL)   [[]] (BUL)
-62kg   [[]] (URS)RUS   [[]] (BUL)   K. Saito (JPN)
-66kg   [[]] (URS)RUS   [[]] (MGL)   (BUL)
-70kg   Vladimir Nevzorov (URS)RUS   [[]] (MGL)   [[]] (BUL)
-75kg   [[]] (MGL)   Koji Kuramoto (JPN)   [[]] (BUL)
-80kg   Česlovas Jezerskas (URS)RUS   [[]] (MGL)   (JPN)
-86kg   [[]] (ESP)   [[]] (BUL)   [[]] (USA)
-90kg   Nobuyuki Sato (JPN)   Valery Rukhledev (URS)   (BUL)
-100kg   Serhiy Novikov (URS)RUS   Miguel Tejera (ESP)   [[]] (BUL)
+100kg   Vitali Kuznetsov (URS)RUS   [[]] (BUL)   [[]] (USA)

References edit

  1. ^ "Black Belt". June 3, 1973. p. 53.
  2. ^ Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R. (September 3, 2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation. p. 512. ISBN 9781598842432.
  3. ^ "Sambo History". Insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 3 September 2019.