Nurlan Dombayev Explained

Nurlan Dombayev
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Birth Date:15 August 1981
Birth Place:Atyrau, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Sport:Para Taekwondo
Disability Class:F44
Weight Class:-75 kg, -80 kg
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Nurlan Dombayev (born 15 August 1981) is a Kazakhstani para-taekwondo practitioner who competes in the F44 classification. Having competed in the -75 and later -80 kg category, he is a gold medalist at the 2017 and 2019 World Para Taekwondo Championships, and a bronze medalist at the 2021 European Para Taekwondo Championships and 2022 Asian Para Games.

Early life

Dombayev was born in Atyrau, Atyrau Region on 15 August 1981.[1]

Career

In the 2017 and 2019 World Championships Dombayev won the gold medal, both in the 75 kg category.[2]

On 3 September 2021, at the men's 75 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, Dombayev was eliminated by Mahdi Pourrahnama in the semifinals.[3] He then lost to Juan Samorano in a bronze medal match.[4] On 23 September, at the 2021 European Para Taekwondo Championships, Dombayev won a bronze medal.[5]

At the 2022 Asian Para Games in October 2023, Dombayev won a bronze medal.[6] At the World Championships in September 2023, he was eliminated by Joo Jeong-hun in the quarterfinals.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nurlan Dombayev . . 31 August 2024 .
  2. Web site: After Worlds and Asian glory, Kazakh’s Nurlan Dombayev targets Paralympic gold. paralympic.org. 16 July 2021.
  3. Web site: Mahdi Pourrahnama. 4 September 2021. Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 6 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210906195118/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/taekwondo/athlete-profile-n1474432-pourrahnamaahmadgourabi-mahdi.htm. dead.
  4. News: Houston. Michael. 3 September 2021. Gjessing wins long-awaited Paralympic taekwondo gold. InsideTheGames.biz. 4 September 2021.
  5. Web site: Results. 24 September 2021.
  6. Web site: Medalists by weight categories. http://web.archive.org/web/20231029063943/https://resultsapg.hangzhou2022.com.cn/APG2022/data/TKW/TKW-------------------------------_DT_PDF_C93.pdf?random=0.23134592310428725. 29 October 2023. dead.
  7. Web site: GBR’s Bush returns to top form with second Worlds title; Truesdale emerges winner again. World Taekwondo. 24 September 2023.