Ivan Udodov

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Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Competitor for the Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold 1952 Helsinki Bantamweight
World championship
Gold 1953 Stockholm Bantamweight
Silver 1954 Wien Featherweight
Silver 1955 Munich Featherweight

Ivan Vasilevich Udodov (Russian: Иван Васильевич Удодов, born May 20, 1924October 16, 1981) was a Russian weightlifter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.

He was born in Gluboky, Rostov Oblast.

Udodov won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.[1] He became World Champion in Stockholm 1953.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Weightlifting"databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 24, 2008)