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Revision as of 12:14, 15 July 2014
| Ivan Poddubny | |
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| Born | September 26, 1871 Krasenivka, Zolotonosha uezd, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (now Chornobai Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine) |
| Died | August 8, 1949 (aged 77) Yeysk, Yeysk region, Krasnodar Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | The Champion of Champions, Ivan The Terrible, The Russian Hercules |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Billed weight | 260 lb (120 kg) |
| Debut | 1896 |
| Retired | 1947 |
Ivan Maximovich Poddubny also spelled Piddubny (Template:Lang-ru; October 8, 1871 - August 8, 1949) was Russian and Soviet wrestler.[1][1][2][3][4][5] He began his sports career around 1900 and his career lasted for about forty years.
Poddubny was born into a Zaporozhian Cossacks[1][2][3][4][5] family in the village of Krasenivka, Zolotonosha Uyezd, Poltava Governorate, Russia (now in Chornobay Raion of Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine). As a young man, Poddubny worked as a fitter in the ports of Sevastopol and Feodosiya for seven years, and in 1898 he started traveling with circus tours.
In November 1939, he was given the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR, and in 1945 that of Honored Master of Sports.
During the Nazi German occupation, he refused to leave the Soviet Union to train German wrestlers.[6]
Piddubny maintained a lifelong professional rivalry with wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko. He died undefeated on August 8, 1949, in the town of Yeysk, in the Kuban region in Southern Russia.