Oleg Sergeevich Stepanov was a Russian

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , commonly referred to as Soviet Russia, Bolshevik Russia, or simply Russia, was the largest, most populous and economically developed republic in the former Soviet Union....

 judo

Judo

is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...

ka who represented the USSR.

Stepanov among with Vladimir Pankratov (U80), Genrikh Shults

Genrikh Shults

Genrikh Karlovich Shults ) was a Russian judoka and Sambo practitioner who competed for the Soviet Union.Genrikh Shults was 6-times Champion of the Soviet Union in Sambo ....

 and Durmishkhan Beruashvili (both O80) took part in the pre-Olympics Soviet-Japanese Judo tournament in Japan

Japan

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 (1963).

At the 1964 Summer Olympics

1964 Summer Olympics

The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...

, he won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight category, together with countrymate Ārons Bogoļubovs

Arons Bogolubovs

Ārons Herševič Bogoļubovs was a Latvian judoka who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He is Jewish. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he won a bronze medal in judo in the lightweight class.-External links:*...

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Stepanov trained at the Armed Forces sports society

Armed Forces (sports society)

Central Sports Klub of the Army or is the Russian sports society and the successor of the Soviet CSKA.-Overview:The society was one of the largest sports societies in the USSR. In the Soviet era all CSKA and SKA teams that resided in the Soviet Union belonged to the Armed Forces sports society...

 in Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

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External links

• Oleg Stepanov, biography and photo
• Oleg Stepanov's obituary