Uzur Dzhuzupbekov Explained

Uzur Dzhuzupbekov
Nationality:Kyrgyzstani
Birth Date:1996 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan[1]
Country:Kyrgyzstan
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:97 kg
Event:Greco-Roman

Uzur Dzhuzupbekov (Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: Үзүр Жусупбеков; born 12 April 1996)[2] is a Kyrgyzstani Greco-Roman wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the 97kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He is a bronze medalist at the Asian Games and a two-time silver medalist at the Islamic Solidarity Games.

Dzhuzupbekov won the gold medal in the men's 97kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China.[3] [4] He represented Kyrgyzstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5]

Career

At the 2016 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Bangkok, Thailand, Dzhuzupbekov won one of the bronze medals in the men's 98kg event.[6] [7]

In 2017, Dzhuzupbekov won the silver medal in the men's 98kg event at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. A few months later, at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, he also won the silver medal in the 98kg event.[2] In that same year, Dzhuzupbekov competed in the 98kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships in Paris, France.[8] He lost his first match against Musa Evloev of Russia and in the repechage he lost his match against Balázs Kiss of Hungary.[8]

At the 2018 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Dzhuzupbekov won one of the bronze medals in the men's 97kg event.[9] In that same year, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 97kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[10] In his bronze medal match he defeated Jahongir Turdiev of Uzbekistan.[10]

In 2019, Dzhuzupbekov competed in the 97kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[11] He did not advance far as he was eliminated from the competition in his first match, against Cenk İldem of Turkey.[11] In 2020, he competed in the men's 97kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[12]

Dzhuzupbekov competed in the 97kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[13] He lost his first match against Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia and he was then eliminated in the repechage by Arvi Savolainen of Finland.[13]

In 2022, Dzhuzupbekov won one of the bronze medals in the 97 kg event at the Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.[14] He won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[15]

Dzhuzupbekov won the silver medal in his event at the 2023 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Astana, Kazakhstan.[16] He competed at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[17] Dzhuzupbekov was eliminated in his second match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[17] A few weeks later, he earned a quota place for Kyrgyzstan for the Olympics at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[18] Dzhuzupbekov won one of the bronze medals in the 97kg event at the Olympics.[19]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2016Asian ChampionshipsBangkok, Thailand3rdGreco-Roman 98kg
2017Islamic Solidarity GamesBaku, Azerbaijan2ndGreco-Roman 98kg
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts GamesAshgabat, Turkmenistan2ndGreco-Roman 98kg
2018Asian ChampionshipsBishkek, Kyrgyzstan3rdGreco-Roman 97kg
Asian GamesJakarta, Indonesia3rdGreco-Roman 97kg
2019Asian ChampionshipsXi'an, China1stGreco-Roman 97kg
2022Asian ChampionshipsUlaanbaatar, Mongolia3rdGreco-Roman 97kg
Islamic Solidarity GamesKonya, Turkey2ndGreco-Roman 97kg
2023Asian ChampionshipsAstana, Kazakhstan2ndGreco-Roman 97kg
2024Summer OlympicsParis, France3rdGreco-Roman 97kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Uzur Dzhuzupbekov . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180823042131/https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/DZHUZUPBEKOV-Uzur-3011531/ . 23 August 2018 . 31 December 2020 . 2018 Asian Games.
  2. Web site: Wrestling Results book . 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games . live . 26 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417024641/http://ashgabat2017.com/atos/ashgabat17/resAG2017/pdf/AG2017/WR/AG2017_WR_AA1_WR0000000.pdf . 17 April 2020.
  3. Web site: 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Results . unitedworldwrestling.org . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200518232029/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/results_04_xian.pdf . 18 May 2020.
  4. News: Morgan . Liam . 28 April 2019 . Iran seal team Greco-Roman title on final day of Asian Wrestling Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . . 18 May 2020.
  5. 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 . UWW.org . United World Wrestling.
  6. News: Pavitt . Michael . 17 February 2016 . Taherisartang leads Iranian success on opening day of Asian Wrestling Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . . 17 October 2021.
  7. Web site: 2016 Asian Wrestling Championships . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220151456/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/bangkok-cover.pdf . 20 December 2016 . 17 December 2020 . unitedworldwrestling.org . United World Wrestling.
  8. Web site: 2017 World Wrestling Championships . unitedworldwrestling.org . . live . 13 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190501222916/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/final-book_1.pdf . 1 May 2019.
  9. News: Giles . Thomas . 28 February 2018 . Makhmudov delights home fans at Asian Wrestling Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . . 17 October 2021.
  10. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . 2018 Asian Games . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200203161810/http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/4/112/AG2018_OfficialResultBook_Wrestling_v1.0.pdf . 3 February 2020 . 18 May 2020.
  11. Web site: 2019 World Wrestling Championships Results . unitedworldwrestling.org . . 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.
  12. Web site: 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212337/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf . 18 December 2020 . 18 December 2020 . unitedworldwrestling.org . United World Wrestling.
  13. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . dead . 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.
  14. Web site: 2022 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220313052955/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-02/results_02_veliko_tarnovo.pdf?VersionId=RLQJ3tFveNdhoBRrAa_YmxBjhap46i5S . 13 March 2022 . 15 March 2022 . UWW.org . United World Wrestling.
  15. 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 . UWW.org . United World Wrestling.
  16. Web site: 2023 Asian Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20230418001149/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-04/final-book-astana.pdf . 18 April 2023 . 5 May 2023 . United World Wrestling.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.