Bazarbek Donbay

Bazarbek Orynbayuly Donbay (Kazakh: Базарбек Орынбайулы Донбай; born June 11, 1979 in Ongutsik Qazaqstan) is a Kazakh judoka, who competed in the men's extra-lightweight category.[1] He held three Kazakhstan senior titles in his own division, picked up a total of twelve medals in his career, including a silver from the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, and a gold from the 2004 Asian Judo Championships in Almaty, and represented his nation Kazakhstan in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004).[2]

Bazarbek Donbay
Personal information
Full nameBazarbek Orynbayuly Donbay
Nationality Kazakhstan
Born (1979-06-11) 11 June 1979
Ongutsik Qazaqstan,
Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event(s)60 kg
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Kazakhstan
Asian Games
2002 Busan 60 kg
Asian Championships
2004 Almaty 60 kg
2007 Kuwait City 60 kg

Donbay made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed for the Kazakh team in the men's extra-lightweight class (60 kg). He ran off two straight victories over Germany's Oliver Gussenberg and Spain's Óscar Peñas in the prelims, before falling short in an ippon and a sumi gaeshi (corner reversal) throw to South Korean judoka and eventual silver medalist Jung Bu-kyung nearly two minutes into the quarterfinal match.[3][4] In the repechage, Donbay redeemed his strength to score a waza-ari point each at his own advantage over Georgia's Nestor Khergiani and Azerbaijan's Elchin Ismayilov. Donbay fulfilled his chance of reaching the bronze medal final on his Olympic debut, but nearly missed it in a defeat to Cuba's Manolo Poulot by a waza-ari awasete ippon and a seoi nage (shoulder throw) three minutes and forty-three seconds into their bout.[5][6]

When South Korea hosted the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, Donbay came up strong by chance for his first career medal in the 60-kg division, but had to satisfy with a silver in his final match against Iran's Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh.[7]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Donbay qualified for his second Kazakh squad in the men's extra-lightweight class (60 kg), by topping the field of judoka and receiving a berth from the Asian Championships in Almaty.[8][9] Donbay opened his match with a swift ippon victory over Algeria's Omar Rebahi at fourteen seconds, before he suffered an astonishing defeat to Georgian judoka and eventual silver medalist Khergiani by a golden score draw. In the repechage, Donbay missed out on another chance for an Olympic bronze medal after he fell in a waza-ari awasete ippon and a strangle hold to Spain's Kenji Uematsu during their first playoff of the draft.[10][11]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bazarbek Donbay". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. "Чемпион Азии Базарбек Донбай боролся за Кубок Европы" [Asian champion Bazarbek Donbay fought off at the European Cup] (in Kazakh). Gazeta.kz. 18 October 2005. Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. "Japan win judo gold". BBC Sport. 16 September 2000. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  4. Fernández, Juan José (17 September 2000). "Peñas, campeón europeo, choca contra sus limitaciones" [European champion Peñas hits his own limits] (in Spanish). El País (Cali). Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  5. "Sydney 2000: Judo – Men's Extra-Lightweight (60kg)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 94–95. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  6. "Tamura finally wins Olympic gold". Canoe.ca. 16 September 2000. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  7. "Asian Games roundup: Gold medals keep coming despite rowing defeat for China". Sports Illustrated. CNN. 3 October 2002. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  8. "Чемпионат Азии по дзюдо в Алматы. У Казахстана - восемь путевок в Афины!" [Asian Championships in Almaty: Eight tickets have already taken to Athens] (in Kazakh). Gazeta.kz. 18 May 2004. Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  9. "План по лицензиям перевыполнен" [Plans for acquiring slots exceeded] (in Kazakh). Kazakhstanskaya Pravda. 18 May 2004. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  10. "Judo: Men's Extra-Lightweight (60kg/132 lbs) Repechage Round 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  11. "Kenji Uematsu se queda a un paso del bronce" [Kenji Uematsu stays a single step to bronze] (in Spanish). El Mundo. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
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