Dzhafar Beslanovich Kostoev (russian: Джафар Бесланович Костоев, born 28 April 1999) is a Russian
judoka
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who represents the
United Arab Emirates on the international circuit.
2018 Russian national champion.
2022 Asian champion.
Sport career
Kostoev started judo at the age of six under his first coach Ruslan Aksagov in
Nazran
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Ingushetia
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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
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at 90 kg.
In September 2017, he finished at the third place at the Kanō Jigorō international held in
Vladivostok. In 2018, he won the senior Russian National Championships.
Since 2022 he started representing
United Arab Emirates and took the gold medal from the
Asian Championships at 100 kg.
In 2023, he earned silver medals at the
Grand Slam Paris
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Venues
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and
Grand Slam Astana as well as bronze medal at the
Grand Slam Tashkent.
Achievements
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2016 Cadet European Championships
* 2017 Kanō Jigorō tournament
* 2018 Russian National Championships
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2022 Asian Championships
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2023 Grand Slam Paris
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2023 Grand Slam Tashkent
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2023 Grand Slam Astana
References
External links
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Dzhafar Kostoevon JudoTV.com
1999 births
Living people
Russian male judoka
21st-century Russian people
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