Aidyn Smaghulow

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Aidyn Qudaibergenuly Smaghulow ( Kazakh Айдын Құдайбергенұлы Смағұлов ; born December 1, 1976 in Öskemen , Kazakh SSR ) is a former Judoka who grew up in the Soviet Union , began his judo career in Kazakhstan and later went to Kyrgyzstan . In 2000 in Sydney he was the first Olympic medalist for Kyrgyzstan after independence.

Athletic career

The 1.61 m tall Smaghulow was seventh at the 1996 Junior World Championships in Porto. In 1997 Smaghulow reached third place at the World Cup in Moscow. In 1999 he was fifth at the World Cup in Prague.

In May 2000 Smaghulow achieved his first major international success. At the Asian Championships in Osaka he was only defeated in the final by the Japanese Tatsuaki Egusa and won the silver medal. Almost four months later, Smaghulow competed at the Olympic Games in Sydney . After an opening win against the Argentine Jorge Lencina, he lost in the quarterfinals to the Cuban world champion from 1999 Manolo Poulot . In the round of hope, Smaghulow defeated the Russian Yevgeny Stanew , the Moldovan Gheorghe Kurgheleasvili , the US judoka Brandan Greczkowski and the Uzbek Alisher Muxtarov . After these four wins in the Hope Round Smaghulow was the winner of a bronze medal; the other went to Manolo Poulot, who had lost in the semifinals to the eventual Olympic champion Tadahiro Nomura . Aidyn Smaghulow's bouts in Sydney all ended prematurely by Ippon , both his five wins and his loss.

Until 2000, Smaghulow started in the super light weight of up to 60 kilograms, in 2001 he switched to the semi-light weight of up to 66 kilograms. At the Asian Championships in 2001 in Ulaanbaatar, he finished fifth. A year later he also reached fifth place at the Asian Games in Busan.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ According to the results list on judoinside , he competed for Kyrgyzstan in 1996. However, it can be assumed that Aidyn Smaghulow has been assigned to the country of Kyrgyzstan in the judoinside.com database for his entire career, so a change of nation is not shown in this database. The statement by the English-language Wikipedia that Smaghulow did not run for Kyrgyzstan until 1999 can neither be refuted nor confirmed with the judoinside.com database.
  2. ↑ Asian Championships 2000 on judoinside.com
  3. ↑ Aidyn Smaghulow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data
SURNAME Smaghulow, Aidyn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Smaghulow, Aidyn Qudaibergenuly (full name); Смағұлов, Айдын Құдайбергенұлы (Kazakh)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kyrgyz judoka
DATE OF BIRTH 1st December 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Öskemen , Kazakh SSR