Sagdat Kabirovich Sadykov ( kz, Сагдат Кабирович Садыков; born July 29, 1973 in

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) is a Kazakh

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, who competed in the men's lightweight category. He picked up five medals in his career, including a silver from the

2004 Asian Judo Championships The 2004 Asian Judo Championships were held at the Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 15 May to 16 May 2004. A total of 194 judokas participated, 113 men and 81 women. Medal summary Men Women Medal table ...

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, and competed in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004) under two different banners

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and

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, respectively. Sadykov made his official debut at the

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, where he competed for the Kyrgyz team in the men's lightweight class (73 kg). He lost his opening match to South Korea's Choi Yong-sin, who scored an ippon victory and clutched him on the tatami with a kosoto gake (small outer hook) at one minute and thirty-nine seconds. In the repechage, Sadykov gave himself a chance for an Olympic bronze medal, but succumbed to another ippon, yet a

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(shoulder throw) topple from U.S. judoka and 1996 Olympic bronze medalist Jimmy Pedro during their first playoff of the draft. At the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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, Sadykov qualified for his newly joined Kazakh squad in the men's lightweight class (60 kg), by placing second and receiving a berth from the Asian Championships in

. Seeking for his revenge against Pedro in the opening round, Sadykov failed to clutch him with a scarf hold ( kesa gatame on the tatami, and suffered an ippon defeat with nearly a minute remaining in the match.

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* 1973 births Living people Kazakhstani male judoka Kyrgyzstani male judoka Olympic judoka of Kazakhstan Olympic judoka of Kyrgyzstan Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2002 Asian Games Sportspeople from Oskemen Asian Games competitors for Kazakhstan {{Kazakhstan-judo-bio-stub