title: Ilya Tsipursky
text: # Ilya Tsipursky
  
  Ilya Lazarevich Tsipursky (Russian: Илья Лазаревич Ципурский; 26 August 1934 – 3 August 2022) was a Soviet judoka and sambist. He participated at the 1964 European Judo Championships, being awarded the silver medal in the amateurs's 80 kg event. He was in the middleweight class.
  
  Tsipursky was considered a champion of the Soviet Union in the martial art sambo in 1956 and 1962. He worked at the Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, where he served as the candidate of engineering and was also the Department of Construction Mechanization professor. He was honored with the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR for his sambo work.
  
  Tsipursky died in August 2022, at the age of 87.
  
  