Galymzhan Usserbayev Explained

Galymzhan Usserbayev
Nationality: Kazakhstan
Birth Place:Kyzylorda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height:173 cm
Weight:79 kg
Country: Kazakhstan
Sport:Freestyle wrestling
Weight Class:74 kg
Coach:Sergey Beloglazov
Club:CSKA
Show-Medals:yes

Galymzhan Usserbayev (born 19 December 1988) is a freestyle wrestler from Kazakhstan.

2014 season

He competed at 74 kg freestyle at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships where he won his first match, but lost his second.[1]

2015 season

He won a bronze medal at the 2015 Military World Games.[2]

2016 season

He won the 74 kg freestyle competition at the 2016 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to earn a berth at the 2016 Olympics. At the Olympics he lost a bronze medal match to Soner Demirtaş.[3]

2021 season

In 2021, he won the gold medal in the 79 kg event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 held in Rome, Italy.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Japan Snares 3 Tickets to Rio as Asian OG Qualifier Gets Under Way . United World Wrestling . 18 March 2016.
  2. Web site: 6 Kazakhs in TOP 20 wrestlers of the world – News – WRESTLING FEDERATION . Wrestling.kz . 9 December 2015 . 18 March 2016.
  3. https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/galymzhan-usserbayev Galymzhan Usserbayev
  4. Web site: Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221706/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book_matteo_pellicone_2021.pdf. 21 March 2021. 21 March 2021. United World Wrestling.