Sergey Lopovok

Birth date: 18.03.1969

Birth place: Kstovo, USSR

Achievements: 6-time world champion, 5-time European champion, 12-time World Cup winner, Honored Master of Sports, Awarded the Order of Friendship

Couches: Vladimir Panov

Fact: reached a qualifying standard for a master of sports at 17, at 22 won his first European champion title, at 24 became the world champion. His signature techniques include a knee lever and the so-called "strigunok" – an undercut with a fall and the foot support in the stomach. Also studied at the music school learning to play a traditional Russian instrument, bayan.

"A sambist can run a marathon, can beat any football player, can perform acrobatics. They are unique athletes and it is a unique sport."

Having completed the sports career Sergey Lopovok has remained in sambo. He is the head coach of the sambo school in Kstovo, a deputy of the city council, the chairman of the sports club "Sambo."

Blog

"Overcoming" 5 May
FIAS Backs Adaptive SAMBO Research Project for Children with Autism
"Overcoming" 29 April
Scott BAILEY: “What really stood out was the brotherhood you see through sport”
Did you see it? 18 December
SAMBO Federation Sri Lanka Meets with Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports

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Watch African SAMBO Championships 2026 - Cairo, Egypt 15 June 2026