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Arkadiy Aronov Arkadiy Semenovich Aronov (born April 29, 1963) is a judo coach and former competitive judoka originally from Uzbekistan. He is a USSR Master of Sports in both sambo and judo and was the youngest person in Uzbekistan’s history to be awarded the title of Honored Judo Coach while still competing as an athlete. https://academy.ijf.org/alumni/12?utm_source=chatgpt.com Early Life and Career Aronov was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, which was then part of the Soviet Union. As a judoka, he achieved several notable results including: • Champion of Tashkent • Champion of the 1986 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the Uzbek SSR • Medalist in the team category at the USSR Cup in 1986 and 1987 • Judo champion at the 1991 Maccabi Games in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) • Medalist at the 1991 Hapoel Games in Tel Aviv, Israel • Winner of the “Trudovye Reservy” (Labor Reserves) championships Coaching Career In 1996, Aronov relocated to New York City, where he founded Spartak Sports Club, one of the city's oldest Russian-speaking martial arts institutions. https://www.chamberofcommerce.com/business-directory/new-york/flushing/martial-arts-school/7522847-spartak-sports-club-karate-judo?utm_source=chatgpt.com Since then, he has been active as a judo coach and is currently one of the coaches affiliated with the USA Olympic Judo team. https://www.teamusa.com/profiles/akbar-iminov?utm_source=chatgpt.com He was trained by prominent coaches Isak Il'ich Mordekhaev and Rubin Bulatovich Uranskiy. Notable Students Throughout his coaching career, Aronov has trained numerous athletes who have competed at national and international levels, including: • Kamol Muradov Uzbekistani judoka, two-time Olympian (1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney) and 1998 Asian Games bronze medalist in men’s 90 kg division, Farkhod Turayev Uzbekistani judoka who competed in the men’s half-middleweight event at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and Tahir Fayziev – Honored Masters of Sport of Uzbekistan and Olympic participants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamol_Muradov?utm_source=chatgpt.comhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farkhod_Turayev?utm_source=chatgpt.com • Baurzhan Abishev – Medalist at the USSR national championship • Sherzod Yakhyaev – Pan-American and American Sambo champion • Taraje Williams Murray – Two-time Olympian (2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing), multiple-time U.S. national champion, bronze medalist at the 2008 Pan American Judo Championships, and 5th-place finisher at the 2007 World Judo Championships. He trained under Aronov early in his career, as well as with Ralph Reyes and Jimmy Pedro. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taraje_Williams-Murray?utm_source=chatgpt.com • Other international competitors coached by Aronov include Edik Babahanov, Saro Balagezyan, Vadim Zavulinov, Robert Fatahov, Misha Pinhasov, Yan Kafarsky, Steve Fayzakov, Daniel Yuabov, Erik Borukhov, Akbar Iminov, David Gilkarov, Max Benjamin, Mishka Chelidze, Daniel Palatnik, Steve Kalamaras, and Robert Tkach. Media and Recognition Aronov’s work has been featured in various community publications, including Bukharian Times and We Come from Sambo.