Ivan Udodov

Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Competitor for the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold 1952 Helsinki -56 kg
World Championships
Gold 1953 Stockholm -56 kg
Silver 1954 Wien -60 kg
Silver 1955 Munich -60 kg

Ivan Vasilevich Udodov (Russian: Иван Васильевич Удодов, born May 20, 1924 – October 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.

References

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