Alibek Alikovich Bashkayev (also Alibek Bashkaev, russian: Алибек Аликович Башкаев; born November 16, 1989) is a Russian
judoka
is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...
, who played for the half-middleweight category. He won two gold medals for his division at the 2006 World Junior Judo Championships in
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and at the 2008 World Junior Judo Championships in
Bangkok, Thailand.
Bashkaev represented
Russia at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
in
Beijing, where he competed for the
men's half-middleweight class (81 kg). He received a bye for the second preliminary round, before losing out by an
ippon and a
sumi gaeshi
is one of the original 40 throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the fourth group,
Dai Yonkyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo-no-Nagewaza, of Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67 Throws of Kodokan Judo. It ...
(corner reversal) to Morocco's
Safouane Attaf
Safouane Attaf (born March 9, 1984, in Kenitra) is a Moroccan judoka. He competed in the men's 81 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; after defeating Liva Saryee in the second round, he was eliminated by Leandro Guilheiro in the third roun ...
.
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NBC Olympics Profile
1989 births
Living people
Russian male judoka
Olympic judoka for Russia
Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Universiade medalists in judo
Universiade silver medalists for Russia
Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
Sportspeople from Rostov Oblast
21st-century Russian people
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