| Dzhafar Kostoev | |
| Native Name: | Джафар Бесланович Костоев |
| Full Name: | Dzhafar Beslanovich Kostoev |
| Birth Date: | 28 April 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia[1] |
| Height: | 187 cm |
| Country: | (until 2019) |
| Weight Class: | 100 kg |
| Olympics Rank: | R16 |
| Olympics Year: | 2024 |
| Olympics Weight: | Men's 100 kg |
| Worlds Rank: | R32 |
| Worlds Year: | 2022 |
| Worlds Weight: | Men's 100 kg |
| Worlds Year2: | 2024 |
| Worlds Weight2: | Men's 100 kg |
| Regionals Type: | AS |
| Regionals Rank: | 1 |
| Regionals Year: | 2022 |
| Nationals: | (2018) |
| Updated: | 3 August 2024 |
Dzhafar Beslanovich Kostoev (Russian: Джафар Бесланович Костоев, born 28 April 1999) is a Russian judoka who represents the United Arab Emirates on the international circuit. 2024 Olympian. 2018 Russian national champion. 2022 Asian champion.
Kostoev started judo at the age of six under his first coach Ruslan Aksagov in Nazran, Ingushetia.[2] 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 at 90 kg.[3] In September 2017, he finished at the third place at the Kanō Jigorō international held in Vladivostok.[4] In 2018, he won the senior Russian National Championships.[5] Since 2022 he started representing United Arab Emirates[6] and took the gold medal from the Asian Championships at 100 kg.[7] In 2023, he earned silver medals at the Grand Slam Paris and Grand Slam Astana as well as bronze medal at the Grand Slam Tashkent.[8] [9] [10] At the 2024 Summer Olympics he finished in the 9th place.[11]