Ivan Vasilyevich Udodov

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Iwan Wassiljewitsch Udodow ( Russian Иван Васильевич Удодов , scientific transliteration Ivan Vasil'evič Udodov ; born May 20, 1924 in Glubokaja ; † October 16, 1981 in Rostov-on-Don ) was a Soviet weightlifter .

Career

In 1941, when he was 17, he was captured by the Germans and deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp . When he was liberated in 1945, he weighed only about 30 kg and could not walk alone.

Ivan Udodow belonged to the second Soviet generation of weightlifters, who were able to intervene in international weightlifting after the Second World War . The first generation were athletes who performed very well in the Soviet Union in the late 1930s and early 1940s and were used at the 1946 World Championships in Paris and the 1947 European Championships in Helsinki . Among these lifters were Kuzenko, Mechanik and Shatow, who were later extremely successful as coaches. In the 1950s, this led the Soviet weightlifters to the then leading weightlifting nation USA and eventually overtook them. In addition to the exercise bike in Rostov , ML Bajew, you were also responsible for Udodow's outstanding performance, with which he was to become Olympic champion at the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 and world champion in 1953 . Udodow was the first ever Soviet Olympic champion.

After finishing his active sports career, Ivan Udodow, who was previously an officer in the Soviet Army, was part of the Soviet national team's coaching staff for years.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, EM = European Championships, Ba = bantamweight, Fe = featherweight)

  • 1952, gold medal , OS in Helsinki , Ba, with 315 kg, ahead of Mahmoud Namdjou , Iran , 307.5 kg and Ali Mirzahi, Iran, 300 kg;
  • 1953, 1st place , WM + EM in Stockholm , Ba, with 315 kg, ahead of Kemal Mahgoub, Egypt , 295 kg and Karel Saitl, CSSR , 280 kg;
  • 1954, 2nd place , WM + EM in Vienna , Fe, with 350 kg, behind Rafael Tschimischkian , USSR , 350 kg and in front of Tun Maung, Burma , 330 kg;
  • 1955, 2nd place , WM + EM in Munich , Fe, with 345 kg, behind Tschimischkian, 350 kg and in front of Ali Mahgoub, Egypt, 327.5 kg.

USSR championships

  • 1951, 1st place, Ba, with 300 kg;
  • 1952, 1st place, Ba, with 307.5 kg, ahead of Bakir Farchutdinow , 297.5 kg;
  • 1954, 3rd place, Fe, with 332.5 kg, behind Nikolai Saksonow , 335 kg and Rafael Tschimischkian , 330 kg;
  • 1955, 2nd place, Fe, with 340 kg, behind Tschimischkian, 347.5 kg, in front of Mazureko, 327.5 kg;
  • 1956, 1st place, Fe, 340 kg, with 340 kg, ahead of Tarelkin, 337.5 kg, Tschimischkian, 335 kg and Evgeni Minajew , 335 kg;
  • 1957, 4th place, Fe, with 340 kg, behind Minajew, 357.5 kg, Tschimischkian, 347.5 kg and Nemchikow, 340 kg.

World records

when pressing with both arms:

  • 111.5 kg, 1954 in Rostow, Fe.

in two-armed tearing:

  • 98 kg, 1952 in Moscow, Ba.

in the Olympic three-way battle:

  • 320 kg, 1953 in Rostow, Ba,
  • 355 kg, 1954 in Rostov, Fe.

swell

Div. Issues of the specialist magazine " Athletik " from 1951 to 1957.

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personal data
SURNAME Udodow, Iwan Wassiljewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Иван Васильевич Удодов (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Glubokaya
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1981
Place of death Rostov on Don