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DYNAMO: FROM THE CIRCUS PERFORMER TO THE WORLD CHAMPION

Sergei Klyuchnikov, man who introduced sambo to Sverdlovsk in 1949, had never actually been a sambo wrestler. He was a famous circus wrestler and Master of Sports in Greco-Roman wrestling. However, Sergei Klyuchnikov also had another title, or rather a nickname, given him by the word of mouth "folk wrestler". Perhaps there is something symbolic in the fact that in Sverdlovsk the pioneer of Sambo, which absorbed elements of many national types of martial arts, was a folk wrestler, who knows all-round techniques. Anyways, under the leadership of Klyuchnikov, the sambo class of “Dynamo” club worked until 1952. Then Gennady Netsvetayev, an “indigenous sambo wrestler”, succeeded him.

A great many high-class mentors worked for Dynamo after him. There were such Masters of Sports of the USSR as Valentin Afonin (1962-1964 period), Vladimir Smerdov (1965-1967), Viktor Saidykov (1965-1976), Nikolai Zharkov (1973-1977), Valery Kazantsev (1975-1980), Igor Demidov (1977-1978), Andrey Savchenko (1985-1990).

However, the genuine golden age of Dynamo was in 1964-1980 period when the sambo section was headed by Anatoly Stolbov, International Master of Sports, multiple Champion and Prize winner of USSR championships. Under his leadership, since 1970, sambo wrestlers also started to practice judo, which was very similar in spirit and style. About 30 USSR masters of sports in judo and sambo were trained by Anatoly Stolbov. Here are the winner of the USSR Championship and International Judo Tournament, the RSFSR Sambo Champion Alexandr Vyatkin, Multiple USSR MIA (MVD) Champion Vladimir Shchukin, winners of the RSFSR Championships Vladimir Artsybashev and Alexander Kustov, Texas State Judo Champion Sergey Zapolsky, All-Union Tournament Winner Vladimir Dadeko and many others. Furthermore, among the trainees of Anatoly Stolbov were Valery Serebryakov, Lieutenant General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, retired Major General Alexander Antropov, former Chief Director of the Moscow Theater “Na Pokrovke”, twice State Prize winner Sergey Artsibashev.

Anatoly Stolbov is also the author of the original "Dynamo" technique, which distinguished Dynamo from Uralmash in the 1960-70s, the era of the great competition between these clubs. Whereas the Uralmash sambists were considered unsurpassed masters of ground fighting, like Alexandr Fyodorov himself, Stolbov managed to counter this with excellent throwing technique and stand-up fighting.

In 1977, Victor Konev, who trained about three dozen masters of sports, picked up the baton. From the end of the 1970s, the fledglings of Dynamo Vladimir Yermolaev, Vladimir Revtov, Valery Cherepanov, Vyacheslav Kuznetsov became medalists of the USSR championships. The USSR Cup winner was Vasil Miftakhov, and the USSR Champion was Danil Saifutdinov.

По­бе­дный ди­на­мовс­кий дух не сло­ми­ли даже сло­жные 1990-е гг., ког­да сам­бо, впро­чем, как и весь рос­сийс­кий спорт, ра­зом ли­ши­лось средств к су­щест­во­ва­нию. Одно вре­мя ка­за­лось да­же, что ди­на­мовс­ко­му сам­бо прос­то не вы­жить

Even the turbulent 1990s, when sambo just like the rest of Russian sport lost its livelihood, did not undermine Dynamo's victorious spirit. There were times when it even seemed that Dynamo sambo would not survive. In 1991-92, the club had to switch to self-financing and was renamed the “VIAL” sports club. These changes did not bode well. All but one of the professionals, Viktor Konev, left coaching in search of better opportunities.

In 1993-1996 through his own efforts and those of his student Vladimir Yermolayev, by that time General Director of “Uralmetallik”, the club was literally saved from extinction and revived under a new banner “Uralmetallik-Dynamo”. Soon came the great sports achievements. The prize winners of the FMS World Championship of those years were Alexey Retkozubov and Vyacheslav Likhachev, the winner of European and Asian Championships Alexey Utkin, and Larissa Reprintseva, our first female Master of Sports in Sambo, became a medalist of the Asian Championship.

In 1995, Dynamo trainee Konstantin Makhnev also achieved the highest result in the Sverdlovsk history of the club. He won the title of World Champion according to FMS, as well as the winner of the Russian Cup and the National Champion.

Also among the medalists of the Asian Championship was Bakhretdin Dzhamolov, while judo wrestler Oleg Shabashov became a medalist of the European Championship and in 1996 took part in the Paralympic Games in Atlanta. In the mid-1990s, there were five Dynamo players who were awarded the high title of International Master of Sports. They were Vasil Miftakhov, Danil Sayfutdinov, Alexey Utkin, Konstantin Makhnev, Bakhretdin Dzhamolov.

The club itself had also undergone changes. In 1995, it developed into a Children and Youth Sports School “Dynamo” in sambo and judo of Zheleznodorozhnyi District Administration, and Viktor Konev became its director. The new changes passed harmlessly for the athletic performance. As early as 1998, Vasily Pashkov won the European Championship among juniors, and Alexey Yakushevskiy won the World Police Games in judo. In 1999, Alexei Meshavkin was no equal among students at the Championship of Russia, and Andrei Kalinin managed to break into the top three medalists of the World Police Games. Also in 1999, at the European Judo Championship among athletes with visual impairments, Oleg Nemytov won a silver medal and Oleg Shabashov won a bronze medal. Besides, Shabashov won bronze at the Paralympics in Sydney.

Не те­ря­ли вре­ме­ни, ра­вно как и фи­зи­чес­ких кон­ди­ций и про­сла­влен­ные ди­на­мовс­кие ве­те­ра­ны. С 1994 по 1997 го­ды чем­пи­о­на­ты мира сре­ди ве­те­ра­нов вы­и­гры­ва­ли Ана­то­лий Стол­бов, Ва­дим Дол­го­по­лов, Алек­сандр Ахме­тов, Вик­тор Ко­нев, Алек­сандр Кус­тов, а при­зе­ра­ми ста­но­ви­лись Ва­силь Миф­та­хов и Ан­дрей Ка­ли­нин.

The renowned Dynamo veterans lost no time, nor did they lose any of their physical condition. Thus, in 1994-1997, the World Championships were won by Anatoly Stolbov, Vadim Dolgopolov, Alexander Akhmetov, Viktor Konev, Alexander Kustov, and prize winners were Vasil Miftakhov and Andrei Kalinin. In 2006, all “Dynamo” athletes move under the wing of “Rings” club, so that a new name appeared in sambo history: Children and Youth Sports School of Martial Arts “Rings-Dinamo”. Under the banner of a new team Vardan Harutyunyan won World Cup in 2007, Arsen Temirkhanov became European Combat Sambo champion twice, and Anastasia Kompaniets won the I Summer Spartakiade of Youth in 2006, then a year later became the winner of the Championship of Russia up to 23 years.

Today the traditions of Sverdlovsk sambo pioneers are continued in “Dynamo” Martial Arts School, where judo, karate and freestyle wrestling are also cultivated.

DYNAMO AND OTHER SPORTS COMMUNITIES

Along with Dynamo, Sverdlovsk sambo established good relations with other sports communities. In 1967, Spartak, the eternal rival of Dynamo, could not resist the pressure of sambo wrestling techniques Of course, there was not without the interference of the white-and-blue Sambo club in the regional Spartak council was headed by none other than a Dynamo trainee Vitaly Razmyslov. Over the years, these walls were home for such USSR Cup winners as Leonid Vakarin and Valery Tsarkov, prize-winner of the USSR Championship Alexander Sharapov, the U.S. champion Sergey Matveyev and even the winner of far-away New Zealand and Australian Judo Championships Yuri Lezhnin.

The sambo alliance with Locomotive Sports Club turned out to be successful as well. There Vyacheslav Trenin opened a sambo section in 1960 Later, Talgat Gibadullin and Valery Pyshmintsev (currently Honored Coaches of Russia), who trained the national champion and World Cup winner Mikhail Starkov, succeeded him. One can also add that Talgat Gibadullin's nephew Igor has the titles of World Youth Championship winner and World Cup winner in the individual and team competitions.

In 1970, the local subdivision of “Urozhai” Voluntary Sports Club also joined sambo. The first coach here was Boris Rychkov, who was succeeded by Vladislav Gusev. The section was headed by Peter Ryskin from 1978 to 1987. These days, the students of the Ural State Agrarian University do not let the past achievements be forgotten.