7 August 2013

Russian coach Anatoly Rakhlin passed away

Russian coach Anatoly Rakhlin passed away

 The EJU was saddened to know about the death of Mr Anatoly Rakhlin, Russian merited coach, who passed away on August, 7 in St Petersburg, Russia, at age of 75 after a long illness.

On behalf of our European judo family, Mr President Soloveychik extends his condolences to the Russian Judo Federation and the entire family of Mr Rakhlin: “Our thoughts are with Russian Judo who lost today one of its important and honoured members. Anatoly Rakhlin devoted his whole life to judo, as a coach he raised many judo masters of international level, he was teaching judo to many important people of the Russian Federation.”

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