 Alisher Yergali at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 12 April 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alisher Yergali (born 12 April 1999) is a Kazakh freestyle wrestler. He is a four-time medalist at the Asian Wrestling Championships. He represented Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. [1]
Yergali won the bronze medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships, both in 2019 and in 2020. [2] [3] [4] [5]
In 2019, Yergali competed in the men's freestyle 97 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. [6] He lost his bronze medal match against Magomedgadzhi Nurov of North Macedonia. [6] [7]
In 2021, Yergali won one of the bronze medals in the men's 97 kg event at the Poland Open held in Warsaw. [8] He competed in the men's freestyle 97 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. [1] He won his first match against Mohammed Fardj of Algeria by walkover and he was then eliminated by Süleyman Karadeniz of Turkey. [1]
Yergali competed at the 2022 Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. [9] He won the silver medal in the men's 125 kg event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. [10] [11]
He competed at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and he earned a quota place for Kazakhstan for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. [12] He competed in the men's freestyle 97 kg event at the Olympics. [13] He was eliminated in the repechage by Amir Ali Azarpira of Iran. [13]
| Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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| 2019 | Asian Championships | Xi'an, China | 3rd | Freestyle 97 kg |
| 2020 | Asian Championships | New Delhi, India | 3rd | Freestyle 97 kg |
| 2021 | Asian Championships | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 2nd | Freestyle 97 kg |
| 2022 | Asian Championships | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 2nd | Freestyle 125 kg |
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