Yeldos Smetov ( kz, Елдос Бахтыбайұлы Сметов, ''Eldos Bahtybaiūly Smetov''; born 9 September 1992) is a Kazakh

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who competes in the under 60 kg weight division. He won gold medals at the

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and 2015 World Judo Championships, and a silver medal at the

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. He won the bronze medal at the

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held in Tokyo, Japan. 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

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, a silver at a stage Gran Prix in

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, a stage of the European Cup to

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, and gold at an open European Cup in judo in

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. Smetov's first coach was Akhmet Zhumagulov.

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* * * * Kazakhstani male judoka Living people 1992 births People from Taraz Judoka at the 2014 Asian Games Judoka at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games medalists in judo Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Kazakhstan Olympic silver medalists for Kazakhstan Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Kazakhstan-judo-bio-stub