Profile details
- Born
- 9 Sep 1992
- Birthplace
- Taraz
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Height
- 167 cm
- Weight
- 60 kg
- Sport
- Judo
- Discipline
- Combat
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
District, playing style, coach, academy, national ranking and international ranking are not yet recorded for this athlete.
Honours & Awards
- ▸Order of Parasat
Competition Appearances
2 recorded appearances, most significant first.
- ·2020 Summer Olympics – men's 60 kg
- ·2016 Summer Olympics – men's 60 kg
Career Timeline
- 2016Competed at judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's 60 kg
- 2020Competed at judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – men's 60 kg
Statistics
About
Eldos Baqtybiaūly Smetov (Kazakh: Елдос Бақтыбайұлы Сметов; 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.
Biography adapted from Yeldos Smetov on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.