- Ivan Poddubny
Ivan Poddubny ( _uk. Іван Піддубний; _ru. Иван Поддубный;
October 8 ,1871 - August 1949) was a Ukrainian wrestler. He began his sports career around 1900 and his career lasted for about 40 years.Poddubny was born October 8, 1871, in the village of Krasenivka (now in the
Chornobaivskyi Raion ofCherkasy Oblast ,Ukraine ). As a young man Poddubny worked as a fitter in the ports ofSevastopol andFeodosiya for seven years, and in 1898 he started traveling with circus tours.In november 1939 he was given the title of "Honored Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic", and in 1945 that of Honored Master of Sports.
Poddubny maitained a lifelong professional rivalry with a wrestler Zbysko. He died undefeated Fact|date=January 2008 in August 1949 , in the town of
Yeysk , in theKuban region in the Southern Russia.External links
* [http://peoples.ru/sport/free-style_wrestling/ivan_poddubny/ Иван Максимович Поддубный / Ivan Poddubny: Гамбургский счет Ивана Поддубного ] at peoples.ru
* [http://www.silacheloveka.ru/silachi_poddubny.php "Ivan Poddubny's biography"]
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