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Yeldos Smetov

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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. He won gold medals at the 2014 Asian Games the 2015 World Judo Championships, the 2016 Asian Judo Championships, a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics, a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and a gold medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. 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 and central asia to win a gold medal. Smetov also secured a gold and a bronze medal at the World Cup among youth in 2010 and 2011, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yeldos Smetov is the 627th most popular wrestler (up from 691st in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Kazakhstan (up from 141st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Kazakhstani Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Yeldos Smetov ranks 627 out of 1,027. Before him are Davyd Saldadze, Sergei Mureiko, Lázaro Rivas, Nazmi Avluca, Dan Gable, and Vyacheslav Oliynyk. After him are Soso Liparteliani, Layla El, Otis, Mojo Rawley, Hassan Yazdani, and Roman Amoyan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1992, Yeldos Smetov ranks 382. Before him are Sigala, Alireza Beiranvand, Pyo Ye-jin, Johan Mojica, Shuma Kusumoto, and Dai Takeuchi. After him are Yeltsin Tejeda, Franka Batelić, Zarifa Ghafari, Molly Sandén, Sam Kendricks, and Jawad El Yamiq.

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In Kazakhstan

Among people born in Kazakhstan, Yeldos Smetov ranks 121 out of 193. Before him are Vitaliy Savin (1966), Bekzat Sattarkhanov (1980), Aleksandr Tarkhanov (1954), Dmitry Fofonov (1976), Serik Sapiyev (1983), and Eduard Hämäläinen (1969). After him are Aliya Nazarbayeva (1980), Lyudmila Prokasheva (1969), Ruslan Baltiev (1978), Bakhtiyar Artayev (1983), Ilya Ilyin (1988), and Samat Smakov (1978).

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Among WRESTLERS In Kazakhstan

Among wrestlers born in Kazakhstan, Yeldos Smetov ranks 4. Before him are Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov (1951), Charalambos Cholidis (1956), and Shamil Serikov (1956). After him are Aidyn Smagulov (1976), Askhat Zhitkeyev (1981), Vedat Albayrak (1993), Azamat Dauletbekov (1994), Daniyar Kaisanov (1993), Meirzhan Shermakhanbet (1996), and Lkhagvasürengiin Sosorbaram (2001).

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