KOTSOIEV Zelym

Date of Birth: 9 Aug 1998

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Place of birth: BESLAN

Birth Country:

Russian Federation

Place of residence : BAKU

Residence Country:

Azerbaijan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Judo	Men -100 kg	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1	Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 32 #3 AZE KOTSOIEV ZKOTSOIEV Zelym 1s1 WAZ FRA IDDIR AIDDIR Alexandre 0s1	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1	Men -100 kg Elimination Round of 16 #11 CAN ELNAHAS SELNAHAS Shady 10 IPP AZE KOTSOIEV ZKOTSOIEV Zelym 0s1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	-100 kg	Team X
2019	Tokyo, JPN	17	5
2018	Baku, AZE	33	-

European Championships

Year	Location	-100 kg
2021	Lisbon, POR	3
2020	Prague, CZE	3
2019	Minsk, BLR	9
2018	Tel Aviv, ISR	3

World Masters

Year	Location	-100 kg
2021	Doha, QAT	2
2019	Qingdao, CHN	17

Grand Slam - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	9th	16th	17th	30th-33rd
2021	-100 kg	1x	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-100 kg	-	-	1x	-	-	1x	-	1x	-
2019	-100 kg	-	1x	2x	-	1x	-	-	1x	-
2017	-100 kg	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-

Grand Prix - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2019	-100 kg	-	1x	-	-	2x	-	1x	-	-
2018	-100 kg	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	-100 kg	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-

World Cup - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	4rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2017	-100 kg	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-

Grand Slam, Grand Prix & World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2021	-100 kg	Grand Slam	Antalya, TUR
1	2018	-100 kg	Grand Prix	Antalya, TUR
2	2019	-100 kg	Grand Slam	Abu Dhabi, UAE
2	2019	-100 kg	Grand Prix	Tashkent, UZB
3	2020	-100 kg	Grand Slam	Dusseldorf, GER
3	2019	-100 kg	Grand Slam	Baku, AZE
3	2019	-100 kg	Grand Slam	Dusseldorf, GER
5	2021	-100 kg	Grand Slam	Tel Aviv, ISR
5	2017	-100 kg	World Cup	Bucharest, ROU
5	2017	-100 kg	Grand Slam	Baku, AZE
5	2017	-100 kg	Grand Prix	Tbilisi, GEO

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	-100 kg
2017	Zagreb, CRO	1

Playing billiards, going to the cinema. (Athlete, 21 Jun 2021)

Languages spoken:

Neftchi Sports Club [Baku, AZE]

Ruslan Mashurenko [national], UKR; Elkhan Mammadov [national, personal], AZE

Sporting relatives:

His father Oleg Kotsoev represented the Soviet Union in freestyle wrestling and won bronze in the 100kg category at the 1983 World Espoir Championships in Anaheim, CA, United States of America. (Athlete, 21 Jun 2021; UWW, 01 Jan 2020)

He took up the sport at age eight in Beslan, Russian Federation. (Athlete, 21 Jun 2021)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (az.sputniknews.ru, 14 Apr 2021)

Winning gold in the +100kg category at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. (SportsDeskOnline, 30 Jun 2021; Athlete, 21 Jun 2021; judoinside.com, 21 Oct 2017)

Russian wrestler Roman Vlasov, Azerbaijani judoka Elkhan Mammadov. (Athlete, 21 Jun 2021)

His father. (Athlete, 21 Jun 2021)

Philosophy:

"Be true to your principles. Others will break and bend." (Instagram profile, 29 May 2021)

In 2017 he received the Golden Mongoose International Award for Merit and Achievement in Sports in Odessa, Ukraine. (mongoose.com.ua, 09 Dec 2017)

General Interest

General
NOC CHANGE
Born in the Russian Federation, he represented Ukraine in international events at junior level before switching allegiance and representing Azerbaijan from 2015. The switch was recommended to him by Khetag Gazyumov, who has won medals in freestyle wrestling while representing Azerbaijan at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. "My friend Khetag Gazyumov told me about what a good country Azerbaijan is. He told me that your work is appreciated here and how good the people are. He told me so many good things that I decided to move to Azerbaijan in 2015, and I am still happy I made that decision [speaking in 2021]. I am happy with everything." (SportsDeskOnline, 30 Jun 2021; az.sputniknews.ru, 14 Apr 2021; judoinside.com, 04 Jul 2015)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
IPP:: Ippon
WAZ:: Waza-Ari

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