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Vitaly Valeryevich Makarov (Russian: Виталий Валерьевич Макаров; born June 23, 1974 in Teguldet, Tomsk Oblast, Russia) 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.

Vitaly Makarov

Personal information
Native name	Виталий Валерьевич Макаров
Born	(1974-06-23) 23 June 1974 (age 48) Teguldet, Tomsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Occupation	Judoka
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–73 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.	(2001)
European Champ.	(2000)
Olympic Games	(2004)
Medal record Men's judo Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2004 Athens –73 kg World Championships 2001 Munich –73 kg 1999 Birmingham –73 kg 2003 Osaka –73 kg European Championships 2000 Wrocław –73 kg 1999 Bratislava –73 kg World Juniors Championships 1994 Cairo –71 kg European Junior Championships 1994 Lisbon –71 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	388
JudoInside.com	586
Updated on 25 October 2022.

Biography

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.[1][2]

Personal life

He is married to Carmen Calvo, 3rd degree black belt, an official of the Spanish Judo Federation.[1]

Achievements

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

External links

• Vitaliy Makarov at the International Judo Federation
• Vitaliy Makarov at JudoInside.com
• Vitaliy Makarov at AllJudo.net (in French)
• Vitaliy Makarov at Olympedia

На других языках

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- [en] Vitaly Makarov

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[fr] Vitali Makarov

Vitali Makarov, né le 23 juin 1974, est un judoka russe qui s'illustre dans la catégorie des poids légers (moins de 73 kg).

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[it] Vitalij Makarov

Vitalij Valer'evič Makarov (in russo: Виталий Валерьевич Макаров?; tr.en.: Vitaliy Valeryevich Makarov; Tegul'det, 23 giugno 1974) è un ex judoka russo, vincitore di una medaglia d'argento ai Giochi olimpici di Atene 2004.

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[ru] Макаров, Виталий Валерьевич

Виталий Валерьевич Макаров (23 июня 1974 года, Тегульдет, Томская область[1][2][3]) — российский дзюдоист, чемпион мира 2001 года и вице-чемпион Олимпийских игр 2004 года. Заслуженный мастер спорта. Член президиума Федерации дзюдо России.

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