1972 European Sambo Championships

1972 European Sambo Championships
LocationRiga, Latvia

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

Medal overview

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

References

  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. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 512. ISBN 9781598842432.
  3. ^ "Sambo History". Insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 3 September 2019.