Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko is a Russian heavyweight mixed martial artist (MMA), judoka and sambist
Fedor Emelianenko
@Mma Artist, Facts and Childhood
Sep 28, 1976
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: September 28, 1976
- Nationality: Russian
- Famous: Mma Artist, Sportspersons, Wrestlers
- Spouses: Oksana Emelianenko (m. 2014), Marina Emelianenko (m. 2009–2013), Oksana Emelianenko (m. 1999–2006)
- Siblings: Alexander Emelianenko, Ivan Emelianenko, Marina Emelianenko
- Known as: Fyodor Vladimirovich Yemelyanenko, Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko
- Childrens: Elizabeth (b. 2011) Vasilisa
Fedor Emelianenko born at
Rubizhne, Ukraine
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Birth Place
He married Oksana in 1999 with whom he has a daughter, Masha, born in the same year. The couple divorced in 2006.
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Personal Life
His second daughter, Vasilisa, was born on December 29, 2007, through girlfriend Marina who he married in October 2009. The couple welcomed their second daughter, Elizaveta, in July 2011. His second marriage also culminated into divorce in 2013 following which he remarried Oksana in February 2014.
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Personal Life
Fedor was born on September 28, 1976 in Rubizhne, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, to Vladimir Alexandrovich and Olga Fedorovna. His father was a gas-electric welder while his mother was a school teacher.
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Childhood & Early Life
He has one elder sister, Marina, and two younger brothers, Aleksander and Ivan. Aleksander also followed Fedor’s footsteps into mixed martial arts fighting and earned quite a name.
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Childhood & Early Life
His family relocated to Stary Oskol, Belgorod, in 1978 when Fedor was just two. He developed a knack for wrestling at an early age, particularly judo and self-defense, and started training with Gavrilov V.I.
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Childhood & Early Life
In 1991, he completed his high school studies and thereafter graduated in 1994 with honours from a pro trade school.
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He joined the Russian Army in 1995 and served there till 1997 as a military fire-fighter. His parents divorced around this time.
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Childhood & Early Life
His martial arts journey mainly started with Judo and Sambo with his first coach Vasiliy Ivanovich Gavrilov. Thereafter, he has trained under Vladimir Mihailovich Voronov.
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Career
Master of Sports in self-defense was carried off by him in Saint-Petersburg in 1997 and a couple of months later he went on to win an international tournament in the city of Kursk thus becoming Master of Sports in Judo.
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He won a bronze medal at the Russian Judo Federation National Championship in 1998 and 1999 respectively.
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His Sambo career so far has seen him win the World Combat Sambo Championship four times - twice in 2002, in Thessaloniki and Panama City; and twice in Prague in 2005 and 2007 respectively. He also won a Bronze medal at the 2008 World Combat Sambo Championships held in St. Petersburg and a Gold medal in 2009’s Russian Combat Sambo Championship among others.
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His Mixed Martial arts career commenced as a ‘Russian Top Team’ (RTT) member on May 21, 2000. He trained with Russian RINGS competitors of the first generation like Andrey Kopylov and Volk Han.
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