Alexander Pushnitsa
{{Short description|Russian sambo practitioner (1949–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox martial artist
| name = Alexander Pushnitsa
Александр Пушница
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| caption = Pushnitsa in 2013
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1949|11|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = Korenovo, Vengerovsky District, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|01|27|1949|11|01|df=y}}
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| nationality = Russian
| height = 184 cm
| weight = 90-100 kg
| trainer = Savely Galkin, Vasily Grozin (Solovyov)
| weight_class = Light heavyweight
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| style = Sambo
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| team = Dynamo
| rank = Merited Master of Sports of the USSR
| years_active = 1968–1988
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{{MedalSport| Men's Sambo}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1974 |-90 kg}}
{{MedalGold|1979 |-90 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|1981 |-90 kg}}
{{MedalGold|1983 |-90 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1976 |-90 kg}}
{{MedalGold|1984 |-90 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|Friendship Games}}
{{MedalSilver|1984 Ulaanbaatar|-90 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|USSR Championships}}
{{MedalGold|[http://www.sambo.spb.ru/turnir/sambo_ussr_rus/sambo_ussr_1974.htm 1974] |-90 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[http://www.sambo.spb.ru/turnir/sambo_ussr_rus/sambo_ussr_1975.htm 1975] |-90 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[http://www.sambo.spb.ru/turnir/sambo_ussr_rus/sambo_ussr_1976.htm 1976] |-100 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[http://www.sambo.spb.ru/turnir/sambo_ussr_rus/sambo_ussr_1977.htm 1977] |-90 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[http://www.sambo.spb.ru/turnir/sambo_ussr_rus/sambo_ussr_1978.htm 1978] |-90 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[http://www.sambo.spb.ru/turnir/sambo_ussr_rus/sambo_ussr_1979.htm 1979] |-90 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[http://www.sambo.spb.ru/turnir/sambo_ussr_rus/sambo_ussr_1980.htm 1980] |-90 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|[http://www.sambo.spb.ru/turnir/sambo_ussr_rus/sambo_ussr_1981.htm 1981] |-90 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|[http://www.sambo.spb.ru/turnir/sambo_ussr_rus/sambo_ussr_1982.htm 1982] |-90 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[http://www.sambo.spb.ru/turnir/sambo_ussr_rus/sambo_ussr_1983.htm 1983] |-90 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[http://www.sambo.spb.ru/turnir/sambo_ussr_rus/sambo_ussr_1984.htm 1984] |-90 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|[http://www.sambo.spb.ru/turnir/sambo_ussr_rus/sambo_ussr_1986.htm 1986] |-90 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|[http://www.sambo.spb.ru/turnir/sambo_ussr_rus/sambo_ussr_1987.htm 1987] |-90 kg}}
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Alexander Mikhailovich Pushnitsa ({{langx|ru|Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Пушни́ца}}; 1 November 1949 – 27 January 2023)[https://forpost-sevastopol.ru/newsfull/66333/umer-trehkratnyj-chempion-mira-po-sambo-aleksandr-pushnitsa.html Умер трехкратный чемпион мира по самбо Александр Пушница] {{in lang|ru}} was the most competitively successful sambist in history of sambo, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR (1980), nine-time champion of the USSR,[http://www.sambo.spb.ru/turnir/sambo_ussr_rus/sambo_ussr_1939.htm Результаты чемпионатов СССР и России по борьбе самбо (Results of the USSR championships and Russian sambo)] two-time European champion and three-time world champion. He was a permanent captain of the Soviet Union Sambo team for 15 years.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ria7.ru/6438/ |title=Самый титулованный самбист в истории|access-date=1 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032912/http://www.ria7.ru/6438/ |archive-date=2 May 2014 |url-status=dead }} In 1997, in Paris he won the European Championship for sambo veterans. He was a graduate of the Omsk State Institute of Physical Culture (1987).[http://sib.net/omsk/pushnica-aleksandr-mixajlovich/ Александр Михайлович Пушница ] Honorary Citizen of the city of Omsk, Deputy Chairman of Sambo Federation of the Omsk region, and head of the sports school Sambo 2000. An annual sambo tournament has been held in Omsk since 2000 in his honour.{{Cite web |url=http://sportom.ru/index.php/traditsionnye-sorevnovaniya/vserossijskie-sorevnovaniya/item/4167-vserossijskij-turnir-po-sambo-na-prizy-aleksandra-pushnitsy |title=Всероссийский турнир по самбо на призы Александра Пушницы|access-date=1 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502060837/http://sportom.ru/index.php/traditsionnye-sorevnovaniya/vserossijskie-sorevnovaniya/item/4167-vserossijskij-turnir-po-sambo-na-prizy-aleksandra-pushnitsy |archive-date=2 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}
Biography
Alexander's father and mother were rural teachers. Alexander grew up in a village. He liked to fight since childhood. Boys usually fought on the ground, not observing any rules. Most often Alexander struggled with his twin brother Vladimir [subsequently International Master of Sports in Sambo and three-time bronze medalist (1977, 1978, 1982) of the USSR Championships]. There was no television in that village, and the brothers knew nothing about Sambo.[http://www.grb-22.narod.ru/interv_15_pushnitza.htm Евгений Гаврилов. Интервью с Александром Пушницей] Father of Alexander and Vladimir, a veteran of World War II, instilled in them a love of peasant labor and sports. Brothers loved not only to fight, but also cross-country skiing, playing soccer and hockey. Alexander was endowed with agility, endurance, speed, tenacity, determination and patience. His desire to win competitions began to manifest itself in early childhood. When he was fifteen, Alexander began to win in the village self-made championships. Adult men participated in those competitions. In the final fight Alexander usually met with his brother Vladimir.{{Cite web |url=http://www.samoz.ru/article.php?id=22 |title=Александр Лютиков. С трудом уговорили уйти из самбо|access-date=1 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502004621/http://www.samoz.ru/article.php?id=22 |archive-date=2 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}
=Labor way=
- 1964–1968 — A Mechanic (Temirtau);
- 1968–1970 — Served in the Soviet Army;
- 1970–1971 — Concrete Worker (Frunze);
- 1971–1973 — Inspector of Investigation Group (Frunze);
- 1973–1993 — Inspector of Combat and Physical Training (Omsk);
- 1993–2023 — Sambo coach, head of the sports club Sambo 2000 (Omsk).
=Sports path=
Alexander started training Sambo while serving in the Soviet Army (1968).
In 1971 he became Master of Sports of the USSR.
In 1980 he was awarded the title of Merited Master of Sports of the USSR.
Results of competitions
1973 — Champion of sports society Dynamo (USSR).
1974 — World Champion and Champion of the USSR.
1975 — Champion of the USSR.
1976 — European Champion and Champion of the USSR.
1977 — Champion of the USSR.
1978 — Champion of the USSR.
1979 — World Champion and Champion of the USSR.
1980 — Champion of the USSR.
1981 — Bronze Medalist of the USSR Championship.
1982 — Silver Medalist of the USSR Championship.
1983 — World Champion and Champion of the USSR.
1984 — European Champion and Champion of the USSR, Friendship Games silver medalist.
1986 — Silver Medalist of the USSR Championship.
1987 — Silver Medalist of the USSR Championship.
The style of fighting
Famous Sambo coach Yevgeny Chumakov (the most successful disciple of Anatoly Kharlampiev) said that the style and the results of fights of Alexander Pushnitsa best propaganda of Sambo in the international sports arena.
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Category:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
Category:Russian sambo practitioners
Category:Soviet martial artists
Category:Siberian Academy of Physical Culture alumni