Judo in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Judo in Kazakhstan celebrated a two Olympic judo medals by Yeldos Smetov who won silver and Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh who took bronze. In 2008 Askhat Zhitkeyev was the first Kazakh Olympic judo medallist. Judo Lightweight Yeldos Smetov became World Champion in 2015 in Astana in the final against Kazakh judoka Rustam Ibrayev. Maxim Rakov was World Champion in 2009 in Rotterdam. Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh and Asian Champion Marian Urdabayeva are the big female judoka. The Kazach Judo Federation organised the World Championships in 2015 in Astana and in 2012 the IJF World Masters were held in Almaty. Each year the IJF Grand Prix is held in Astana or Almaty.

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Maxim Rakov

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Yeldos Smetov

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Askhat Zhitkeyev

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Gulzhan Issanova

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Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh

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Maxim Rakov - Super star

Yeldos Smetov - Idol

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Zhansay Smagulov

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Yeldos Smetov

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Serik Salmenov

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Kanat Seilkhan

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Last results

Judo event	Type	Place	Date
Cadet World Team Championships Almaty	WChCT	Almaty	29 Sep 2019
Cadet World Championships Almaty	WCadet	Almaty	25 Sep 2019
Asian Open Aktau	WCup	Aktau	18 Jul 2019
Asian Judo Cup U21 Almaty	IJFJun	Almaty	21 Apr 2019
Asian Cup U18 Almaty	IJFCad	Almaty	20 Apr 2019

Birthdays

Name	Birthdate	Age
Nurzhan Zhumazhan	27 Jan 1988	33 years
Yermek Kaliyekov	27 Jan 1982	39 years
Moldir Narynova	28 Jan 1999	22 years
Assylzhan Seidualy	28 Jan 1994	27 years
Vyacheslav Kichatov	28 Jan 1989	32 years