Nikolay Kozitskiy

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Nikolay Kozitskiy
Born in Kiev 12/15/43

• Master of Sport International Class (Judo)
• Master of Sport International Class (Sambo)
• Honored Master of Sport (Sambo) higest rank In Soviet and Russian sport, as well as a coache.
• Honored Coach of Ukraine, USSR and Russia.
• Colonel Soviet and later Russian Army
• 3x Champion USSR (individual)
• USSR Champion in Team
• Champion USSR 5th Spartakiad 1972
• 5times silver USSR Medalist
• 4times Bronze USSR Medalist
• Bronze Medalist Europe Championship 1967 in Rome Italy (Judo)
• 5th Place in Europe Championship 1966 Luxemburg, 1970 Berlin (Judo)
• Silver Medalist at 1st World Sambo Championship Tehera Iran 1973
• Gold Winner of 1st national Judo championshipIn USSR 1972 Tallin. (USSR Judo Federation founded in 1973)
• Nikolay Kozitskiy was the only foreign athlete to have won the Sambo Japan Open Championship in Tokyo in 1972 (in final match Nikolay Kozitskiy beat World Judo Champion and Silver medalist Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki). He won Outstanding Player of the entire event, Best Technique Award, and a special award from the Asahi newspaper. He was awarded these special prizes by the then-IJF president and Professor of Takai University, Segiyoshi Matsumae.
• He has more than 35 years experience as an international coach and was the USSR National Team coach for 20 years.
• His students have won over 50 gold medals in Sambo World Championships.
• He has been a coach consultant to Olympic bronze medalist, D. Nosov, and 3-times World Champion A. Mikhailin.