Ilya Tsipursky

Ilya Tsipursky
Tsipursky in 2003
Personal information
Native nameИлья Лазаревич Ципурский
Birth nameIlya Lazarevich Tsipursky
NationalityRussian
Born(1934-08-26)26 August 1934
Died3 August 2022(2022-08-03) (aged 87)
Sport
Country Soviet Union
SportJudo
Medal record
Judo
Representing  Soviet Union
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1964 Berlin 80 kg

Ilya Lazarevich Tsipursky (Russian: Илья Лазаревич Ципурский; 26 August 1934[1] – 3 August 2022) was a Soviet judoka and sambist. He competed at the 1964 European Judo Championships, winning the silver medal in the amateurs's 80 kg event.[1] He was in the middleweight class.[2]

Tsipursky was considered a champion of the Soviet Union in the martial art sambo in 1956 and 1962.[3] He worked at the Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, where he served as the candidate of engineering and was also the Department of Construction Mechanization professor.[3] He was honored with the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR for his sambo work.[3]

Ilya Tsipursky (in the center — at the table) is the chief judge of the final part of the combat sambo competition at the MEI (2003)

Tsipursky died in August 2022, at the age of 87.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Ilya Tsipursky". JudoInside. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  2. ^ Black Belt (Vol. 2, No. 6). Active Interest Media. November 1964. p. 47. ISSN 0277-3066 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b c d "Ушёл из жизни Илья Лазаревич Ципурский" [Ilya Lazarevich Tsipursky passed away] (in Russian). 3 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.