| Yeldos Smetov | |
| Headercolor: | 2024 Olympic Champion |
| Native Name: | Елдос Бақтыбайұлы Сметов |
| Birth Date: | 9 September 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Taraz, Kazakhstan |
| Height: | 1.67 m |
| Country: | Kazakhstan |
| Weight Class: | 60 kg |
| Dan: | 4 |
| Coach: | Galymzhan Zhylkeldiyev |
| Olympics Rank: | 1 |
| Olympics Year: | 2024 |
| Olympics Weight: | Men's 60 kg |
| Worlds Rank: | 1 |
| Worlds Year: | 2015 |
| Worlds Weight: | Men's 60 kg |
| Regionals Type: | AS |
| Regionals Rank: | 1 |
| Regionals Year: | 2014 |
| Regionals Weight: | Men's 60 kg |
| Regionals Year2: | 2016 |
| Updated: | 28 July 2024 |
Yeldos Smetov (kk|Елдос Бақтыбайұлы Сметов, Eldos Bahtybaıuly Smetov; born 9 September 1992) is a Kazakh judoka and Olympic champion in 2024 in the under 60 kg weight category. He won gold medals at the 2014 Asian Games and the 2015 World Judo Championships,[1] a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics,[2] a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and a gold medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.[3] [4]
In the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Yeldos Smetov defeated Luka Mkheidze in the final and won the gold medal, becoming the first ever judoka from Kazakhstan to win a gold medal. [5] [6]
Smetov also secured a gold and a bronze medal at the World Cup among youth in 2010 and 2011, respectively. He joined the adult national team in 2012 and won a bronze at the 2013 Asian Judo Championships in Bangkok, a silver at a Grand Prix stage in Samsun - a stage of the European Cup in Tbilisi, and gold at an open European Cup in Warsaw. His first coach was Akhmet Zhumagulov.[7]