Sholpan Seydullayevna Kaliyeva ( kk, Шолпан Сейдуллаевна Калиева, ''Şolpan Seidullaevna Kalieva''; born July 5, 1980, in

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...

) is a Kazakhstani

judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

, who played for the half-lightweight category. She is also a two-time Olympian, and a bronze medalist for her division at the

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ...

Busan, South Korea Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, w ...

. Kaliyeva made her official debut for 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), ...

in Athens, where she lost the first preliminary match of women's half-lightweight class (52 kg), with an ippon and a tai otoshi (body drop), to Belgium's Ilse Heylen, who eventually won the bronze medal in this event. At the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing, Kaliyeva competed for the second time in women's 52 kg class. She defeated Chinese Taipei's

Shih Pei-Chun Shih Pei-chun (born 23 February 1980) is a Taiwanese judoka who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millenni ...

in the preliminary rounds, before losing out the quarterfinal match, with a

waza-ari is the second highest score a fighter can achieve in a Japanese martial arts ''ippon'' or ''waza-ari'' contest, usually judo, karate or jujutsu. ''Waza-ari'' in judo A ''waza-ari'' is the second highest score a fighter can achieve in judo, the ...

awasete ippon and an uchi mata gaeshi (inner thigh counter), to North Korea's

An Kum-Ae An Kum-ae (, ; born 3 June 1980) is a North Korean judoka. Biography In the 2012 Summer Olympics, An won the gold medal in the Women's 52 kg Judo competition after defeating Yanet Bermoy of Cuba, having won the silver medal at the 2008 Summ ...

. Because her opponent advanced further into the final, Kaliyeva offered another shot for the bronze medal by defeating Venezuela's

Flor Velázquez Flor Angela Velázquez Artahona (born May 2, 1984) is a female judoka from Venezuela, who won the bronze medal in the women's half lightweight division (– 52 kg) at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. ...

and Belgium's Ilse Heylen (who ousted her from the previous Olympics) in the repechage rounds. She finished in fifth place, after losing out the bronze medal match to Algeria's

Soraya Haddad Soraya Haddad (born 30 September 1984) is an Algerian judoka. She won abronze medal in the 52 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She has been the African champion five times: 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2012, and also a bronze me ...

, who successfully scored a waza-ari (half-point) and a kibisu gaeshi (one-hand reversal), at the end of the five-minute period.

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NBC Olympics Profile
Kazakhstani female judoka Living people Olympic judoka for Kazakhstan Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Almaty 1980 births Asian Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 1998 Asian Games Judoka at the 2002 Asian Games Judoka at the 2006 Asian Games Judoka at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games 21st-century Kazakhstani women {{Kazakhstan-judo-bio-stub