Dzhafar Kostoev

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] 2018 Russian national champion.[4] 2022 Asian champion.[5]

Dzhafar Kostoev
Personal information
Native nameДжафар Бесланович Костоев
Full nameDzhafar Beslanovich Kostoev
Born (1999-04-28) 28 April 1999
Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia[1][2]
OccupationJudoka
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Sport
Country Russia (until 2019)
 United Arab Emirates (since 2022)
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍100 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.R32 (2022, 2024)
Asian Champ. (2022)
National finals (2018)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  United Arab Emirates
Asian Games
2023 Hangzhou ‍–‍100 kg
Asian Championships
2022 Nur‑Sultan ‍–‍100 kg
2024 Hong Kong ‍–‍100 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2023 Paris ‍–‍100 kg
2023 Astana ‍–‍100 kg
2023 Tashkent ‍–‍100 kg
2024 Dushanbe ‍–‍100 kg
Representing  Russia
European Cadet Championships
2016 Vantaa ‍–‍90 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF31216, 70512
JudoInside.com105544
Updated on 24 May 2024

Sport career

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]

Achievements

References
  1. "Костоев на infosport.ru". infosport.ru. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  2. "Ингушский дзюдоист Джафар Костоев вошёл в топ-20 мирового рейтинга". gazetaingush.ru. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. "Российский дзюдоист будет выступать за сборную ОАЭ". russianemirates.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  4. "Чемпионат России Грозный". judo.ru. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  5. "Дзюдоист российского происхождения принес победу ОАЭ". russianemirates.com. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  6. "Ингушский дзюдоист Джафар Костоев стал чемпионом Европы". gazetaingush.ru. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  7. "Дзюдоисты Санкт‑Петербурга – призеры Международного турнира по дзюдо имени Дзигоро Кано". gov.spb.ru. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  8. "Paris Grand Slam". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  9. "Judo - Grand Slam - Astana 2023". The-Sports.org. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  10. "Grand Slam Tashkent". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 3 March 2023.


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