Dzhafar Kostoev
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| Native name | Джафар Бесланович Костоев | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Dzhafar Beslanovich Kostoev | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 April 1999 Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Russia (until 2019) United Arab Emirates (since 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –100 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games | R16 (2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | R32 (2022, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asian Champ. | 
(2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National finals |  (2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| IJF | 31216, 70512 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 105544 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 3 August 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dzhafar Beslanovich Kostoev (Russian: Джафар Бесланович Костоев, born 28 April 1999) is a Russian judoka who represents the United Arab Emirates on the international circuit.[3] 2024 Olympian. 2018 Russian national champion.[4] 2022 Asian champion.[5]
Sport career
[edit]Kostoev started judo at the age of six under his first coach Ruslan Aksagov in Nazran, Ingushetia.[1] Dzhafar has won distinction in international competition. He won three Cadet European cups in 2016, also he won the gold medal at the 2016 European Cadet Judo Championships at –90 kg.[6] In September 2017, he finished at the third place at the Kanō Jigorō international held in Vladivostok.[7] In 2018, he won the senior Russian National Championships.[4] Since 2022 he started representing United Arab Emirates[3] and took the gold medal from the Asian Championships at 100 kg.[5] In 2023, he earned silver medals at the Grand Slam Paris and Grand Slam Astana as well as bronze medal at the Grand Slam Tashkent.[8][9][10] At the 2024 Summer Olympics he finished in the 9th place.[11]
Achievements
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2016 Cadet European Championships
2017 Kanō Jigorō tournament- 2018 Russian National Championships
- 2022 Asian Championships
2023 Grand Slam Paris- 2023 Grand Slam Tashkent
- 2023 Grand Slam Astana
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Костоев на infosport.ru". infosport.ru. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Ингушский дзюдоист Джафар Костоев вошёл в топ-20 мирового рейтинга". gazetaingush.ru. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Российский дзюдоист будет выступать за сборную ОАЭ". russianemirates.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Чемпионат России Грозный". judo.ru. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Дзюдоист российского происхождения принес победу ОАЭ". russianemirates.com. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Ингушский дзюдоист Джафар Костоев стал чемпионом Европы". gazetaingush.ru. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ "Дзюдоисты Санкт‑Петербурга – призеры Международного турнира по дзюдо имени Дзигоро Кано". gov.spb.ru. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ "Paris Grand Slam". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "Judo - Grand Slam - Astana 2023". The-Sports.org. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Grand Slam Tashkent". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "Olympic Games - Results Men 2024". the-sports.org. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Dzhafar Kostoev at the International Judo Federation
- Dzhafar Kostoev at the International Judo Federation
- Dzhafar Kostoev at JudoInside.com
- Dzhafar Kostoev at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Dzhafar Kostoev at The-Sports.org
- Dzhafar Kostoev on Instagram
- Dzhafar Kostoev on JudoTV.com
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