Yeldos Smetov (Kazakh: Елдос Бақтыбайұлы Сметов, Eldos Bahtybaıuly Smetov; born 9 September 1992) is a Kazakh judoka and Olympic champion in 2024 in the under 60 kg weight category.[1] He won gold medals at the 2014 Asian Games and the 2015 World Judo Championships,[2] a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics,[3] a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and a gold medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.[4][5]
In the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Yeldos Smetov defeated Luka Mkheidze in the final and won the gold medal, becoming the first ever judoka from Kazakhstan to win a gold medal. [6] [7]
Smetov also secured a gold and a bronze medal at the World Cup among youth in 2010 and 2011, respectively. He joined the adult national team in 2012 and won a bronze at the 2013 Asian Judo Championships in Bangkok, a silver at a Grand Prix stage in Samsun - a stage of the European Cup in Tbilisi, and gold at an open European Cup in Warsaw. His first coach was Akhmet Zhumagulov.[8]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yeldos Smetov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Smeto, Pareto claim first titles at world judo champs". Yahoo Sports. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ Yeldos Smetov. judoinside.com
- ^ "2020 Summer Olympics — Judo - Men 60 kg Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (27 July 2024). "Judo: Yeldos Smetov and Natsumi Tsunoda secure Olympic gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Olympics | Yeldos Smetov wins Kazakhstan first ever Olympic judo gold (Updated)".
- ^ "National teams—Smetov Eldos". Judo Federation Kazakhstan. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
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- Yeldos Smetov at the International Judo Federation
- Yeldos Smetov at JudoInside.com
- Yeldos Smetov at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Yeldos Smetov at Olympics.com
- Yeldos Smetov at Olympedia
- Yeldos Smetov at the National Olympic Committee of Kazakhstan (in Russian)
- Yeldos Smetov at The-Sports.org
- Yeldos Smetov on Instagram
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