David Rudman (wrestler)

David Rudman (born April 13, 1943) is a Soviet American wrestler of Jewish descent, Sambo world champion, and judo European champion.
Early and personal life.
Rudman is Jewish, and was born in Kuibyshev (now Samara, Russia). He later emigrated to the United States, and lives in New York, being involved in sports administration activities.
Wrestling career.
He was a member of the sport association "Dynamo".
In 1965–69 and 1973, he was the USSR Wrestling Champion at 70 kg. He was second in the USSR championship at 70 kg in 1970–72, and third in 1974.
Sambo career.
In 1967, he was the Champion of the first International Sambo Tournament, at 70 kg. Rudman describes sambo as "is a combination of many forms of martial arts, designed to give Soviet soldiers the edge in combat fighting". In 1973, he was the first World Champion in the weight category up to 68 kg. He is a six-time USSR sambo champion.
Judo career.
In 1969, he was the European Judo Champion in individual competition as a light-middleweight (U70), winning all of his matches in Ostend, Belgium, ahead of Antoni Zajkowski and Czeslaw Kur of Poland, and Patrick Vial of France. He won a bronze medal in the 1969 World Judo Championships in Mexico City in the U70 weight class. In 1970, he was part of the European Team Judo Champion at the championships in Berlin, fighting in the U70 weight class.
Sports administrator.
Rudman founded and served as director of the "Sambo-70" sports school in the Cheremushki District of Moscow.
He has been President of the American Amateur Sambo Federation since 2004, and President of the Federation International Amateur Sambo since 2005.
Honors.
Rudman is an Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, and an Honored Coach of the USSR.