Nursultan Tursynov Explained

Nursultan Tursynov
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Birth Name:Нұрсұлтан Тұрсынов
Birth Date:1991 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan
Height:184 cm
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:87 kg
Event:Greco-Roman

Nursultan Tursynov (born 30 January 1991) is a Kazakhstani Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the men's 85 kg event at the 2014 Asian Wrestling Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan and the silver medal in this event at the 2015 Asian Wrestling Championships in Doha, Qatar.[1] [2]

Tursynov represented Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3] [4] He competed in the 87kg event.[5]

Career

Tursynov competed in the 84kg event at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[6] In 2014, he lost his bronze medal match in the 85kg event at the Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea.

In 2015, Tursynov was eliminated in his third match in the 85kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Las Vegas, United States.[7]

He competed in the 87kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[8] He was eliminated in his third match.[8]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2014Asian ChampionshipsAstana, Kazakhstan1stGreco-Roman 85kg
2015Asian ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar2ndGreco-Roman 85kg
2022Asian ChampionshipsUlaanbaatar, Mongolia3rdGreco-Roman 87kg
2023Asian ChampionshipsAstana, Kazakhstan2ndGreco-Roman 87kg

Notes and References

  1. News: 27 April 2014. Quickfire Iskakov ensures hosts take Greco-Roman team title at Asian Wrestling Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 4 July 2021.
  2. News: Morgan. Liam. 9 May 2015. Suzuki drives Japan to team gold at Asian Wrestling Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 4 July 2021.
  3. 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.
  4. News: Houston. Michael. 9 April 2021. Kyrgyzstan qualify three Greco-Roman wrestlers for Tokyo 2020 in Almaty. InsideTheGames.biz. 3 July 2021.
  5. Web site: Wrestling Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf. 7 August 2021. 8 August 2021. 2020 Summer Olympics.
  6. Web site: 2013 World Wrestling Championships Results. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924013012/http://www.fila-official.com/images/FILA/resultats/2013/results_09_budapest.pdf. 24 September 2015. 20 October 2021. fila-official.com.
  7. Web site: 2015 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200530151426/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_09_lasvegas_1.pdf. 30 May 2020. 30 May 2020.
  8. 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.