Baruch Shmailov ( he, ברוך שמאילוב; born 9 February 1994) is an Israeli

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. He competes in the under 66 kg weight category, and won a gold medal in the 2022 World Masters in

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. Shmailov also won a bronze in the 2017 World Masters, as well as a silver at the 2018 World Masters. As of December 2022, Shmailov is ranked #3 in -66 kg weight category. He competed for

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, finishing in fifth place.

Biography

Shmailov grew up in

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, in a household of

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background. He was raised by his mother Elza, a solderer in an electronics company. When he was 4 his parents got divorced. At the age of 6 his mother sent him to practice

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and

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and a year later he began to practice

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. When he was 11, during a training in the Judo club in Hadera, a former judoka and politician

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came to visit. He recognized Shmailov's potential and recommended to transfer him to train at the famous

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under better conditions.

2014-19

On September 19, 2014, at the age of 20, Shmailov took part in the under 21 European championship which was held in

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and won the gold medal after winning every match by

ippon is the highest score a fighter can achieve in a Japanese martial arts ''ippon-wazari'' contest, usually kendo, judo, karate or jujitsu. In Judo In Judo, an ippon may be scored for a throw, a pin, a choke or a jointlock. For throws, the four ...

. About a month later, he participated in the 2014 World U21 Championships in

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and won the bronze in the under 66 kg category after losing the semi-final match to Japan's

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and defeating

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's Bogdan Iadov in the bronze medal match. On November 14, he won the 2014 European U23 Championships after defeating Andraž Jereb of

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in the final. On March 20, Shmailov won his first medal in a senior competition when he won a silver medal at the 2015 Tbilisi Grand Prix. He defeated former world champion

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in the semi-final and lost to

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's Tumurkhuleg Davaadorj in the final. On October 7, he took part in Israel's national championship and won the gold medal after he defeated Tohar Butbul in the final. In September 2016, Shmailov participated in the Zagreb Grand Prix and won the silver medal. On March 10, 2017, he won the bronze medal at the Baku Grand Slam after defeating

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in the medal match. Less than a month later he won the bronze at the 2017 Antalya Grand Prix. On December 16, 2017, Shmailov took part in the prestigious

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which was held in

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and won the bronze medal after he defeated Brazil's

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in the medal match. On February 23, 2018, he won a bronze medal at the Düsseldorf Grand Slam after defeating Russia's Yakub Shamilov in golden score of the medal match when he managed to get a

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on his opponent. Shmailov competed in the 2018 World Masters tournament and won the silver medal. In the quarter-finals he defeated then European champion

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of Slovenia by ippon, in the semi-finals he defeated Daniel Cargnin of Brazil by ippon as well, and in the final lost to

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of Japan by ippon.

2020-present

In 2021, he won the silver medal in his event at the

held in Doha, Qatar. After a long contest with

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, Shmailov was chosen to represent

in the men's 66 kg weight category.
In his first match, Shmailov beat Mozambique's

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by ippon. At the round of 16, he beat Australian

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by waza-ari, advancing to the quarterfinals. There, he met former European champion

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of Georgia, losing by ippon and turning to compete at the repechage for a chance to win a bronze medal. In his next match, Shmailov beat Slovenia's former European champion

, beating him by waza-ari in golden score and advancing to fight for the bronze. Shmailov lost the bronze medal match to Brzilian two-time Pan American champion Daniel Cargnin, finishing in fifth place. He won the gold medal in his event at the

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held in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Personal life

Shmailov is married to

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-born judoka Betina "Beti" Temelkova, who competes for

since 2017, although she received her full

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only in 2019.

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shmailov, Baruch 1994 births Living people Israeli male judoka Jewish male martial artists Jewish Israeli sportspeople European Games competitors for Israel Judoka at the 2015 European Games Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in judo Olympic bronze medalists for Israel Olympic judoka for Israel People from Hadera