Ilya Tsipursky

Soviet judoka

Born

26 August 1934, Soviet Union

Died

3 August 2022

Citizenship

Soviet Union

Sport

judo, sambo

Occupation

judoka

Ilya Lazarevich Tsipursky (Russian: Илья Лазаревич Ципурский; 26 August 1934 – 3 August 2022) was a Soviet judoka and sambist. He competed at the 1964 European Judo Championships, winning the silver medal in the amateurs's 80 kg event. He was in the middleweight class.

Tsipursky was considered a champion of the Soviet Union in the martial art sambo in 1956 and 1962. He worked at the Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, where he served as the candidate of engineering and was also the Department of Construction Mechanization professor. He was honored with the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR for his sambo work.

Tsipursky died in August 2022, at the age of 87.

Awards and honours

• Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
• Master of Sport of the USSR

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q4505829 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.