Zelym Olegovich Kotsoiev ( (born 9 August 1998)) is a Ukrainian-Azerbaijani

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of Ossetian heritage. He won the gold medal in the men's 100kg event at the

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held in Paris, France. He is a three-time medalist, including gold, at the

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and a four-time medalist, including gold, at the

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. In December 2014, 16-year-old Kotsoev became the winner of the first U18 World SAMBO Championship.

Career

Kotsoiev won the gold medal in the men's 100 kg event at the

2017 Summer Universiade The 2017 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXIX Summer Universiade ( zh, t=第二十九屆夏季世界大學運動會, p=Dì èrshíjiǔ jiè xiàjì shìjiè dàxué yùndònghuì) and commonly called Taipei 2017 ( zh, t=台北201 ...

held in Taipei, Taiwan. Kotsoiev won one of the bronze medals in the men's 100 kg event at the 2020 European Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic. Kotsoiev won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 World Masters held in Doha, Qatar. A few months later, he won the gold medal in his event at the 2021 Antalya Grand Slam held in Antalya, Turkey. Kotsoiev won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 Tel Aviv Grand Slam held in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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