Galymzhan Usserbayev (born 19 December 1988) is a freestyle wrestler from Kazakhstan.
 Usserbayev (top) at the 2016 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 December 1988 (age 35) Kyzylorda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 74 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CSKA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Sergey Beloglazov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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2014 season edit
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 edit
He won a bronze medal at the 2015 Military World Games.[2]
2016 season edit
He won the 74 kg freestyle competition at the 2016 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to earn a berth at the 2016 Olympics.[1] At the Olympics he lost a bronze medal match to Soner Demirtaş.[3]
2021 season edit
In 2021, he won the gold medal in the 79 kg event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 held in Rome, Italy.[4]
References edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Galymzhan Usserbayev.
- ^ a b "Japan Snares 3 Tickets to Rio as Asian OG Qualifier Gets Under Way". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ "6 Kazakhs in TOP 20 wrestlers of the world – News – WRESTLING FEDERATION". Wrestling.kz. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ Galymzhan Usserbayev Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ "Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
External links edit
- Galymzhan Usserbayev at the International Wrestling Database
- Galymzhan Usserbayev at Olympedia
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