Yeldos Smetov (Kazakh: Елдос Бахтыбайұлы Сметов, Eldos Bahtybaiūly Smetov; born 9 September 1992) is a Kazakh judoka who competes in the under 60 kg weight division.[1] He won gold medals at the 2014 Asian Games and 2015 World Judo Championships,[2] and a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics.[3] He won the bronze medal at the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[4][5]
Smetov won a gold and a bronze medal at the World Cup among youth, in 2010 and 2011, respectively. Since 2012 he was part of the adult national team. He won a bronze in the 2013 Asian Judo Championships in Bangkok, a silver at a stage Gran Prix in Samsun, a stage of the European Cup to Tbilisi, and gold at an open European Cup in judo in Warsaw. Smetov's first coach was Akhmet Zhumagulov.[6]
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.
- ^ "National teams—Smetov Eldos". Judo Federation Kazakhstan. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
External links
editMedia related to Yeldos Smetov at Wikimedia Commons
- 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