Aktenge Keunimjaeva Explained

Aktenge Keunimjaeva
Birth Date:1999 9, df=yes[1]
Country:Uzbekistan
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Event:Freestyle

Aktenge Keunimjaeva is an Uzbek freestyle wrestler. She is a three-time bronze medalist at the Asian Wrestling Championships.[2] [3] [4] [5] She is also a silver medalist at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey and a bronze medalist at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China. Keunimjaeva represented Uzbekistan at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[6]

Career

In 2019, Keunimjaeva competed in the women's freestyle 53kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[7] She was eliminated in her first match by Lianna Montero of Cuba.[7]

Keunimjaeva competed at the 2021 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[8] She lost both her matches and she did not qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[8]

In 2022, Keunimjaeva competed at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[9] She won the silver medal in the 53kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[10] [11] She competed in the 53kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[12]

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.[13] She defeated Pooja Gehlot of India in her bronze medal match.[13]

Keunimjaeva competed at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and she earned a quota place for Uzbekistan for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[14] She competed in the women's 50kg event at the Olympics.[6] She was eliminated in her first match by Oksana Livach of Ukraine.[6]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2019Asian ChampionshipsXi'an, China3rdFreestyle 53kg
2020Asian ChampionshipsNew Delhi, India3rdFreestyle 53kg
2022Islamic Solidarity GamesKonya, Turkey2ndFreestyle 53kg
2023Asian ChampionshipsAstana, Kazakhstan3rdFreestyle 53kg
Asian GamesHangzhou, China3rdFreestyle 50kg

Notes and References

  1. https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/aktenge-keunimjaeva_1562527
  2. News: Morgan. Liam. Pak retains women's 53kg title at Asian Wrestling Championships. 26 April 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 7 April 2020.
  3. Web site: 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200518232029/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/results_04_xian.pdf. 18 May 2020.
  4. News: 28 April 2019. 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Medalists (Collated). China.org.cn. 20 May 2020.
  5. Web site: 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200522211016/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/final-book.pdf. 22 May 2020. 22 May 2020.
  6. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . 11 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.
  7. Web site: 2019 World Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf. 12 April 2020. 12 April 2020.
  8. Web site: 2021 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210412095457/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/results_04_almaty_tq.pdf. 12 April 2021. 5 May 2021. United World Wrestling.
  9. Web site: 2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302085143/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final-book-ranking-series-istambul-2022-light.pdf?VersionId=BMipbXFVxzXXeonWOfeVdKVeNlWlxYzt . 2 March 2022 . 2 March 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  10. News: 11 August 2022 . Iran win hat-trick of wrestling golds at Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya . InsideTheGames.biz . 12 August 2022.
  11. Web site: 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220818181226/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-08/results_08_konya.pdf?VersionId=XCsODGzAzjjRhgEoc5SPJ7BmwV3S65G1 . 18 August 2022 . 20 August 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  12. Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  13. Web site: 2022 Asian Games Wrestling Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20231126104236/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-10/final-book-19th_asian_games.pdf?VersionId=9H_h8q43B_vk2i2naUW65gaX0JclYtZX . 26 November 2023 . 10 March 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  14. Web site: 2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240422185521/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_asian_og_qualifier.pdf . 22 April 2024 . 22 April 2024 . United World Wrestling.