| Erlan Sherov | |
| Birth Date: | 1998 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
| Weight Class: | 90 kg |
| Olympics Rank: | R16 |
| Olympics Year: | 2024 |
| Olympics Weight: | Men's 90 kg |
| Worlds Rank: | 3 |
| Worlds Year: | 2024 |
| Worlds Weight: | Men's 90 kg |
| Regionals Type: | AS |
| Regionals Rank: | 1 |
| Regionals Year: | 2023 |
| Regionals Weight: | Men's 90 kg |
| Updated: | 31 July 2024 |
Erlan Sherov (born 19 June 1998) is a judoka from Kyrgyzstan. He was a bronze medalist at the 2024 World Judo Championships.[1]
Sherov won a silver medal in the 90 kg category at the 2022 Asian Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan in August 2022.[2]
Sherov reached the final of the 90 kg category at the 2022 Asian Games in September 2023 where he won gold with a victory against Uzbekistan's Davlat Bobonov. In doing so, he became the first judoka in the history of the Kyrgyz Republic to claim gold at the Asian Games.[3]
Sherov won bronze in the 90 kg category at the 2024 Asian Championships in Hong Kong in April 2024.[4]
Sherov won bronze in the 90 kg at the 2024 World Championships in Abu Dhabi in May 2024.[5] He became the first senior Kyrgyzstan male to win a medal at the Championships,[6] and he achieved this despite competing at the event with a rib injury.[7] That month he rose to fourth place in the Olympic rankings for the event.[8] He was subsequently selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[9]