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Vitaly Makarov

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Vitaly Makarov
Personal information
Native nameВиталий Валерьевич Макаров
Born (1974-06-23) 23 June 1974 (age 50)
Teguldet, Tomsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
OccupationJudoka
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportJudo
Weight class–73 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesSilver (2004)
World Champ.Gold (2001)
European Champ.Silver (2000)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens ‍–‍73 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Munich ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 1999 Birmingham ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Osaka ‍–‍73 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2000 Wrocław ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Bratislava ‍–‍73 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Cairo ‍–‍71 kg
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 1994 Lisbon ‍–‍71 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF388
JudoInside.com586
Updated on 30 May 2023

Vitaly Valeryevich Makarov (Russian: Виталий Валерьевич Макаров; born 23 June 1974[1] in Teguldet, Tomsk Oblast, Soviet Union) is a Russian judoka who competed in the men's lightweight category. He was a 2004 Olympic silver medalist, 2001 World Champion, and earned medals in several other international tournaments. He was a 1994 World Junior Champion and has been a coach on the Russian national judo team.

Biography

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Makarov is considered to be one of the best Russian judokas. He started judo when is father offered to take him to practice, who believed he had talent at the sport. At the 1994 Junior World Judo Championships in Cairo, Egypt, Makarov won his first international competition, and later that year got a silver medal at the Junior European Championships. In Birmingham in 1999, he missed his chance to become World Champion after losing to Jimmy Pedro of the United States in the final. In the 2000 Summer Olympics he was defeated in the first match by Askhat Shakharov of Kazakhstan. But in 2001 Makarov famously defeated Yusuke Kanamaru of Japan to become World Champion. He won a silver medal in the lightweight (73 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics after being defeated by Lee Won-hee of South Korea in the final due to competing with an injury. Since 2006 he has been coaching the Russian judo team, and trained other Russian judoka who competed at the 2008, 2012, 2016 Summer Olympics. He is also a coach on the Russian team for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[2][1]

Personal life

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He is married to Carmen Calvo, 3rd degree black belt, an official of the Spanish Judo Federation.[2]

Achievements

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Year Tournament Place Weight class
2004 Olympic Games 2nd Lightweight (73 kg)
2003 World Judo Championships 3rd Lightweight (73 kg)
2001 World Judo Championships 1st Lightweight (73 kg)
2000 European Judo Championships 2nd Lightweight (73 kg)
1999 World Judo Championships 2nd Lightweight (73 kg)
European Judo Championships 3rd Lightweight (73 kg)
1998 European Judo Championships 5th Lightweight (73 kg)
1994 Junior European Judo Championships 2nd Lightweight (71 kg)
Junior World Judo Championships 1st Lightweight (71 kg)

References

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  1. ^ a b "JudoInside - Vitaly Makarov Judoka". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b Ronaldo Veitía Quiñones (18 January 2019). Interview with Vitaly Makarov (in Spanish).
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