Genrikh Shults

Genrikh Karlovich Shults (Russian: Генрих Карлович Шульц; Schultz — correct transcription; there are most publications with spelling Shults or Shultz (March 23, 1929 – 1999)) was a Russian judoka and Sambo practitioner who competed for the Soviet Union.

Genrikh Shults
Personal information
Born1929
Died1999
Medal record
Men's Judo
European Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1962 EssenU80
Gold medal – first place 1963 GenevaO80 ama
Men's Sambo
USSR Championships
Gold medal – first place 1955 RigaU85
Gold medal – first place 1956 LeningradU85
Gold medal – first place 1958 MinskU85
Gold medal – first place 1959 MoscowU85
Gold medal – first place 1960 KyivU85
Gold medal – first place 1961 TbilisiU85
Silver medal – second place 1962 KishinevU85

Genrikh Shults was 6-times Champion of the Soviet Union in Sambo (1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961).[1]

Shults was also a capitan of the first Soviet National Judo team.

In 1962 he won the bronze medal in European Judo Team Championships (Essen) in class O80, and in 1963 he won the gold medal in the European Judo Team Championships (Geneva) in U80 class.[2]

In 1956 Shults found a Sambo club in Moscow High Technical School.[3]

Genrikh Shults among with Oleg Stepanov (U68), Vladimir Pankratov (U80) and Durmishkhan Beruashvili (O80) took part in the pre-Olympics Soviet-Japanese Judo tournament in Japan (1963).[4][5][6][7]

After finishing his sport career Genrikh Shults returned to teach Sambo in Moscow High Technical School for more than 40 years. He trained several European-class Sambo players and judokas.

In 1999 Genrikh Shults died in Moscow at age 70.[8]

Every year, at 23 of March (in Shults's Birthday), an All-Russian Sambo Competition in Memory of Genrikh Shults takes place in Moscow.[9]

Sport club "Sambo-Judo" in Bauman Moscow State Technical University was named after Genrikh Shults.[10]

References
  1. "USSR and Russia Sambo Championships results" (in Russian). www.sambo.spb.ru. 2001-05-31. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  2. "Factfile Genrikh Shults". JudoInside. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  3. "Чтобы помнили (To remember)" (in Russian). Журнал «Самозащита без оружия». Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  4. Наталья Мещерикова. Ковер, борцовки и солнечный остров… (in Russian). Журнал «Самозащита без оружия». Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
  5. International Judo Federation. "Judo, an Olympic sport". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  6. Олег Степанов (2007-11-20). По Японии прошёл тайфун в виде советских самбистов (in Russian). Всероссийская федерация самбо. Archived from the original on 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  7. "Russia prepares to export Sambo". Black Belt. Active Interest Media, Inc. 5 (2): 12. February 1967. ISSN 0277-3066. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  8. Спортивный некрополь. Г. К. Шульц (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
  9. "All-Russian Sambo competition in the memory of Genrikh Shults" (in Russian). All-Russian Sambo Federation. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  10. "BMSTU "Sambo-Judo" sport club" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
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