Head of the SPbGASU Department of Construction Management, Associate Professor Roman Motylev was awarded the title of "Honorary Sports Judge of Russia" in Sambo. The corresponding order was signed by the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Mikhail Degtyarev on 4 February, 2025.

"I have been practicing sambo since the fifth grade - since 1987. This type of martial arts allows you to hold your own and learn to overcome various difficulties. For almost forty years, I have not only remained faithful to sambo, but also tried to develop. I am a master of sports of Russia in sambo, I have the third dan in judo. I consider the assignment of the title of honorary judge to be reaching the pinnacle in this area," said Roman Vladimirovich.

Since 2015, he has been the chairman of the panel of judges of the regional branch of the All-Russian Sambo Federation of St Petersburg, a member of the referee commission of the All-Russian Sambo Federation, since February 2022 - a judge of the international and all-Russian category in sambo (license A), since 2023 - a first category judge in MMA, since 2025 - a second category judge in judo.

"From 2009 to 2013, I worked as a first-category sambo coach, and for more than ten years at the Department of Physical Education at SPbGASU. As an honorary sports judge of Russia in sambo, I aim to control the correctness and purity of refereeing, and to develop sambo as an international and Olympic sport," concluded Roman Motylev.