Zelym Olegovich Kotsoiev (Russian: Зелим Олегович Коцоев (born 9 August 1998))[1] is a Ukrainian-Azerbaijani judoka of Ossetian heritage.
[2] He won the gold medal in the men's 100 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.
[citation needed] Kotsoiev won the gold medal in the men's 100 kg event at the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan.
[3] Kotsoiev won one of the bronze medals in the men's 100 kg event at the 2020 European Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic.
[4][5] Kotsoiev won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.