Serhiy Novikov
1949–2021 (age 72)
Biography
Sergey Petrovich Novikov (Russian: Серге́й Петрович Новиков, 15 December 1949 in Moscow – 16 April 2021) was a Russian Soviet Olympic champion judoka. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where he won the gold medal in the men's heavyweight division. He also competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the open category.
In 2000 he founded the International Unifight Federation, in Paris. He went on to serve as the President of Russian Unifight Federation.