Vitaly Makarov

Vitaly Valeryevich Makarov (Russian: Виталий Валерьевич Макаров; born June 23, 1974 in Teguldet, Tomsk Oblast, Russia) is a Russian judoka who competed in the men's lightweight category. He was a 2004 Olympic silver medalist, 2001 World Champion, and earned medals in several other international tournaments. He was a 1994 World Junior Champion and has been a coach on the Russian national judo team.

Vitaliy Makarov
Personal information
NationalityRussian
BornJune 23, 1974 (1974-06-23) (age 46)
Teguldet, Tomsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Sport
SportJudo
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
2004 Athens 73 kg
World Championships
2001 Munich 73 kg
1999 Birmingham 73 kg
2003 Osaka 73 kg
European Championships
2000 Wroclaw 73 kg
1999 Bratislava 73 kg

Biography

Makarov is considered to be one of the best Russian judokas. He started judo when is father offered to take him to practice, who believed he had talent at the sport. At the 1994 Junior World Judo Championships in Cairo, Egypt, Makarov won his first international competition, and later that year got a silver medal at the Junior European Championships. In Birmingham in 1999, he missed his chance to become World Champion after losing to Jimmy Pedro of the United States in the final. In the 2000 Summer Olympics he was defeated in the first match by Askhat Shakharov of Kazakhstan. But in 2001 Makarov famously defeated Yusuke Kanamaru of Japan to become World Champion. He won a silver medal in the lightweight (73 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics after being defeated by Lee Won-hee of South Korea in the final due to competing with an injury. Since 2006 he has been coaching the Russian judo team, and trained other Russian judoka who competed at the 2008, 2012, 2016 Summer Olympics. He is also a coach on the Russian team for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[1][2]

Personal life

He is married to Carmen Calvo, 3rd degree black belt, an official of the Spanish Judo Federation.[1]

Achievements
YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2004Olympic Games 2ndLightweight (73 kg)
2003World Judo Championships 3rdLightweight (73 kg)
2001World Judo Championships 1stLightweight (73 kg)
2000European Judo Championships 2ndLightweight (73 kg)
1999World Judo Championships 2ndLightweight (73 kg)
European Judo Championships 3rdLightweight (73 kg)
1998European Judo Championships 5thLightweight (73 kg)
1994Junior European Judo Championships 2ndLightweight (71 kg)
Junior World Judo Championships 1stLightweight (71 kg)

References
  1. Ronaldo Veitía Quiñones (18 January 2019). Interview with Vitaly Makarov (in Spanish).
  2. JudoInside


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