Zelym Kotsoiev (born 9 August 1998)
is an Ossetian
-Azerbaijani
judoka
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. He is a three-time bronze medalist at the
European Judo Championships
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In December 2014, 16-year-old Kotsoev became the winner of the first U18 World SAMBO Championship.
Career
He won the gold medal in the men's 100 kg event at the
2017 Summer Universiade
The 2017 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXIX Summer Universiade ( zh, t=第二十九屆夏季世界大學運動會, p=Dì èrshíjiǔ jiè xiàjì shìjiè dàxué yùndònghuì) and commonly called Taipei 2017 ( zh, t=台北2 ...
held in Taipei, Taiwan.
In 2020, he won one of the bronze medals in the
men's 100 kg event at the
European Judo Championships
The European Judo Championships is the Judo European Championship organized by the European Judo Union. The 2015 and 2019 editions were held during the respective European Games. This is also expected for future editions of the European Games.
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held in Prague, Czech Republic.
In 2021, he won the silver medal in his event at the
Judo World Masters
The Judo World Masters is an annual invite-only judo competition. After being open for only the top 16 ranked judoka in each weight class for its first eight installments, the tournament was expended to host the top 36 of each weight class in 201 ...
held in Doha, Qatar.
A few months later, he won the gold medal in his event at the
2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey.
He won one of the bronze medals in his event at the
2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Achievements
References
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Living people
1998 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
Azerbaijani male judoka
European Games competitors for Azerbaijan
Judoka at the 2019 European Games
Universiade medalists in judo
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan
Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic judoka for Azerbaijan
21st-century Azerbaijani people