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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 Championships, the 2016 Asian 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, 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 gold and bronze medals at the World Juniors Championships in 2010 and 2011, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Yeldos Smetov is the 664th most popular wrestler (up from 692nd in 2024), the 134th most popular biography from Kazakhstan (up from 141st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Kazakhstani Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Yeldos Smetov ranks 664 out of 1,027Before him are Kim Jong-shin, 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 382Before 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 134 out of 193Before him are Däulet Turlyhanov (1963), Sergey Dvortsevoy (1962), Serik Sapiyev (1983), Eduard Hämäläinen (1969), Islam Dugushiev (1966), and Linda (1975). After him are Aliya Nazarbayeva (1980), Roman Sklyar (1971), Arawat Sabejew (1968), Lyudmila Prokasheva (1969), Ruslan Baltiev (1978), and Bakhtiyar Artayev (1983).

Among WRESTLERS In Kazakhstan

Among wrestlers born in Kazakhstan, Yeldos Smetov ranks 6Before him are Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov (1951), Charalambos Cholidis (1956), Shamil Serikov (1956), Däulet Turlyhanov (1963), and Islam Dugushiev (1966). After him are Arawat Sabejew (1968), Aidyn Smagulov (1976), Maulen Mamyrov (1970), Askhat Zhitkeyev (1981), Islam Bayramukov (1971), and Vedat Albayrak (1993).