2. Anatoly Kharlampiev was born October
29, 1906 in the city of Smolensk.
Being trained by his
father and grandfather, in
the age of six he became
a great athlete and
Then, for the first time in his life he
fighter.
participated in the circus show in aerial
gymnastics.
3. In 1922, Kharlampiev began the development
of an universal martial art of Sambo.
In 1938, Sambo was
recognized as an official
sport by the USSR AllUnion Sports Committee,
and Kharlampiev became
4. As the war started
Anatoly Kharlampiev
went to the front, and
he was awarded
numerous awards.
5. After that, Kharlampiev again resumed the development of
Sambo. Even not being the head of the Sambo Federation, he
remained the unchallenged leader in this field.
Kharlampiev was also a
Physical Education
teacher at the Moscow
And in the 1950s, the Japanese awarded Kharlampiev the highest level
Power Engineering
- the eighth dan in judo, though at that time it was impossible to get
Institute (Technical
such title virtually, without having Japanese citizenship.
6. Since 1953 Kharlampiev worked as an Associate Professor
at the Department of Physical Education of the Institute.
During his work he trained a lot of
Masters of Sports in Sambo.
7. Anatoly Kharlampiev died in 1979 and was
buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery.
The memory of him will last forever ....
