Vladimir Stepanov (armwrestler), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Vladimir Stepanov (armwrestler)

Russian arm wrestler

Date of Birth: 22-Jul-1958

Place of Birth: Kopeysk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Profession: arm wrestler

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Vladimir Stepanov (armwrestler)

  • Vladimir Alekseyevich Stepanov (????????, ???????? ??????????; born 1958) is a Russian armwrestler.
  • He is one of the strongest Russian armwrestlers in Grand-master class (over 50 years of age), multiple world champion in less than 100 kg category.
  • He is a current arm wrestling team member of Russian Federation and Sverdlovsk region. Arm wrestling came to his life by accident.
  • Vladimir Stepanov, alongside his childhood friend Vladimir Levitsky, visited some relatives in West Ukraine in August 1978.
  • At approximately that time, World Arm wrestling Federation (WAF) started to create events.
  • Arm wrestling was very popular in western part of USSR.
  • Vladimir Stepanov and Vladimir Levitsky were invited to participate in minor amateur tournaments.
  • All opponents were defeated because by then both Vladimirs were well trained weightlifters.
  • From 1997 and until now, Vladimir Stepanov started participating in major competitions across Ural region, Russian Federation and worldwide. From 1997 to 2001 Vladimir had trained in Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk region.
  • Since 2002 he has trained in Ekaterinburg under supervision of Ivan Getmansky.

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