Vladimir Stepanov (armwrestler)

Vladimir was born on 22 July 1958, in Kopeisk, Chelyabinsk region, Russia. From 1977 to 1983 Vladimir Stepanov was studying at Ural State University of Railway Transport in Ekaterinburg. At that time he got involved in weightlifting under coaching of Nikolai Guselnikov. After graduating as a railway engineer, Vladimir Stepanov also graduated from Russian Customs Academy in 1999, Moscow and got a degree of Manager of Customs, Diploma with Honors. From 1990 to 2006 Vladimir Stepanov had worked at The Federal Customs Service of Russia in Ural region. Since 2007 Vladimir Stepanov has worked at the Federal Service for Ecological, Technological and Nuclear Supervision.

XXIII Europe Arm wrestling Championship, Druskininkai, Lithuania 2013 year

2001  :

• IX World Police and Fire Games Indianapolis, Indiana, US – silver medal for the right arm pulling in 102 kg and over category, master class.

2002  :

• XI Arm Wrestling Championship of Russian Federation in Kazan, Russia – 4 place in snatch, second for the left arm pulling, fourth for the right arm pulling in 95 kg and over category, master class.

2003  :

• IX World Police and Fire Games Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain – silver medal for the right arm pulling in less than 113 kg category, master class.

2004  :

• XIII Arm Wrestling Championship of Russian Federation in Moscow – two silver medals in snatch for the left and right arms pulling in 95 kg and over category, master class.

2005  :

• XI World Police and Fire Games Quebec City, Quebec, Canada – gold medal[1] for the right arm pulling in before 113 kg category, master class.

2009  :

• XXXI World Arm wrestling Championship, Porto Viro, Italy – bronze medal[2] for the right arm pulling in 90 kg and over category, Grand-master class.

2010  :

• XIX Arm wrestling Championship of Russian Federation, Moscow – gold medal in snatch in 90 kg and over category, Grand-master class.
• XX Europe Arm wrestling Championship, Moscow – bronze medals for the right and left arms pulling in 90 kg and over category, Grand-master class.
• XXXII World Arm wrestling Championship, Las Vegas, USA – gold medal[3] for the left arm pulling and fourth place[4] for the right arm pulling in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.

2011  :

• XX Arm wrestling Championship of Russian Federation, Moscow – gold medal in snatch in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.
• XXI Europe Arm wrestling Championship, Antalya, Turkey – gold and silver medals[5] in snatch in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.
• XXXIII World Arm wrestling Championship, Almaty, Kazakhstan – two gold medals[6][7] in snatch in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.

2012  :

• XXI Arm wrestling Championship of Russian Federation, Moscow – gold medal in snatch in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.
• XXII Europe Arm wrestling Championship, Gdańsk, Poland – two gold medals[8] in snatch in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.
• XXXIV World Arm wrestling Championship, Sao Vicente, São Paulo Brasil – gold[9] and bronze[10] medals in snatch in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.

2013:

• XXII Arm wrestling Championship of Russian Federation, Ramenskoye – two gold medals[11] in snatch in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.
• XXIII Europe Arm wrestling Championship, Druskininkai, Lithuania – gold medal[12] for the left arm pulling and 6 place for the right arm pulling in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.
• XXXV World Arm wrestling Championship, Gdynia Poland – gold[13] and bronze[14] medals in snatch in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.

2014:

• XXIII Arm wrestling Championship of Russian Federation, Ramenskoye – first place[15] in the double-event, in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.
• XXIV Europe Arm wrestling Championship, Azerbaijan (Baku) – two bronze medals[16] in snatch in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.
• XXXVI World Arm wrestling Championship, Vilnius Lithuania – 6[17] in the fight with his right hand, in the weight category up to 100 kg grand-master class.

2015:

• XXIV Arm wrestling Championship of Russian Federation, Ramenskoye – gold medal[18] in the fight with his left hand, in less than 100 kg category, Grand-master class.
• XXXVII World Championships in armsportu, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) – bronze medal[19] in the fight with his left hand, the 6th place in the fight with his right hand, in the weight category up to 100 kg of grand-master class.

2016:

• XXV Arm wrestling Championship of Russian Federation, Ramenskoye – first place[20] in the sum of the biathlon, in the weight category up to 100 kg grand master class.
• XXXVIII World Arm wrestling Championship, Bulgaria (Blagoevgrad) – gold medal[21] in the fight with the right hand, a silver medal in the fight with the left hand, in the weight category up to 100 kg grand master class.

2018:

• XXVII Arm wrestling Championship of Russian Federation, Protvino – gold medals[22] in the fight left and right hand in the weight category up to 100 kg grand master class, senior grand-master class.
• XXVIII Europe Arm wrestling Championship, Bulgaria (Sofia) – gold medals[23] in the fight left hand in the weight category up to 100 kg senior grand-master class.
• XL World Arm wrestling Championship, Turkey (Antalya) – gold medals in the fight left hand in the weight category up to 100 kg senior grand-master class.

2019:

• XXVIII Arm wrestling Championship of Russian Federation (Yekaterinburg) – gold and bronze medals[24] in the struggle with left and right hands in the weight category up to 100 kg senior grand-master class, grand-master class.
• XXIX Europe Arm wrestling Championship Greece (Loutraki) – gold medals[25] in the fight with left and right hands in the weight category up to 100 kg, senior grand-master class;