Nurkozha Kaipanov Explained

Nurkozha Kaipanov
Headercolor:Gold
Native Name:Нұрқожа Аралбекұлы Қайпанов
Full Name:Nurkozha Aralbekovich Kaipanov
Birth Date:21 June 1998
Birth Place:Petropavl, Kazakhstan
Height:172 cm
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:74 kg
Event:Freestyle
Show-Medals:Yes

Nurkozha Kaipanov (born 21 June 1998) is a Kazakhstani freestyle wrestler. He is a silver medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a two-time gold medalist at the Asian Wrestling Championships.

Career

In 2019, Kaipanov won the gold medal in the men's 70 kg event at the Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China.[1] [2] At the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, he won the silver medal in the men's 70kg event.[3] In the same year, he also won the silver medal in the men's 74kg event at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China.[4] [5]

In 2021, Kaipanov won one of the bronze medals in the 74 kg event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series held in Rome, Italy.[6] He competed in the 74kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[7]

Kaipanov competed at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[8] He was eliminated in his third match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[8] Kaipanov also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.[9]

Achievements

Representing
2019Asian ChampionshipsXi'an, China1stFreestyle 70 kg
World ChampionshipsNur-Sultan, Kazakhstan2ndFreestyle 70 kg
Military World GamesWuhan, China2ndFreestyle 74 kg
2021Asian ChampionshipsAlmaty, Kazakhstan1stFreestyle 74 kg
2022Asian ChampionshipsUlaanbaatar, Mongolia2ndFreestyle 74 kg

Notes and References

  1. News: Iran claim three gold medals on opening day of Asian Wrestling Championships . Etchells . Daniel . 23 April 2019 . InsideTheGames.biz . 13 January 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. News: Two more golds put Russia top of freestyle at World Wrestling Championships . Rowbottom . Mike . 21 September 2019 . InsideTheGames.biz . 13 January 2020.
  4. News: Etchells . Daniel . 21 October 2019 . China beat North Korea to men's team table tennis title at World Military Games . InsideTheGames.biz . 18 September 2022.
  5. Web site: Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20191112134942/https://results.wuhan2019mwg.cn/file/RESULTS-7th%20CISM%20Military%20World%20Games-总成绩册.pdf . 12 November 2019 . 2019 Military World Games . live . 14 February 2020.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Web site: 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf . 14 May 2024 . 14 May 2024 . United World Wrestling.