Profile details
- Born
- 20 May 1924
- Birthplace
- Gluboky
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Weight
- 56 kg
- Sport
- Weightlifting
- Discipline
- Strength
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
District, height, playing style, coach, academy, national ranking and international ranking are not yet recorded for this athlete.
Honours & Awards
- ▸Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
Competition Appearances
1 recorded appearance, most significant first.
- ·1952 Summer Olympics
Career Timeline
- 1952Competed at 1952 Summer Olympics
Statistics
About
Ivan Vasilevich Udodov (Russian: Иван Васильевич Удодов; 20 May 1924 – 16 October 1981) was a Russian weightlifter who won an Olympic gold medal in 1952 and a world title in 1953, both in the bantamweight category (−56 kg). He then moved to the featherweight (−60 kg) class and won silver medals at the world championships of 1954 and 1955. In 1952–54 Udodov set four world records: one in the press, one in the snatch, and two in the total.
Biography adapted from Ivan Udodov on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.