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Sergey Lopovok
Sergey Lopovok
Birth date: 18.03.1969
Birth place: Kstovo, USSR
Achievements: 6-time world champion, 5-time European champion, 12-time World Cup winner, Honored Master of Sports, Awarded the Order of Friendship
Couches: Vladimir Panov
Fact: reached a qualifying standard for a master of sports at 17, at 22 won his first European champion title, at 24 became the world champion. His signature techniques include a knee lever and the so-called "strigunok" – an undercut with a fall and the foot support in the stomach. Also studied at the music school learning to play a traditional Russian instrument, bayan.
"A sambist can run a marathon, can beat any football player, can perform acrobatics. They are unique athletes and it is a unique sport."
Having completed the sports career Sergey Lopovok has remained in sambo. He is the head coach of the sambo school in Kstovo, a deputy of the city council, the chairman of the sports club "Sambo."
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Did you see it? 11 September[RETRO VIDEO] SAMBO Tournament USSR vs Japan
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Did you see it? 31 August[RETRO VIDEO] SAMBO - Self-Defense Without Weapons
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Did you see it? 6 AugustUkrainian Sambists Performed in the Kiev "Olympiyskiy" Sports Complex
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Anti-doping 29 SeptemberFIAS has presented its Anti-Doping and Prevention Program at the Clean Sport Seminar in Lausanne
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Кaleidoscope 28 SeptemberSAMBO-70 School Celebrates its 50th Anniversary
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Competitions 25 SeptemberWorld SAMBO Championships 2020 to be held in Serbia
- Watch European Games in Minsk (Republic of Belarus) 14 August 2019
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Anti-doping 29 SeptemberFIAS has presented its Anti-Doping and Prevention Program at the Clean Sport Seminar in Lausanne
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Кaleidoscope 28 SeptemberSAMBO-70 School Celebrates its 50th Anniversary
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Competitions 25 SeptemberWorld SAMBO Championships 2020 to be held in Serbia