1972 European Sambo Championships

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1972 European Sambo Championships
LocationRiga, Latvia
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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[edit]

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[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.