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Native name | Нұрқожа Аралбекұлы Қайпанов | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Nurkozha Aralbekovich Kaipanov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Petropavl, Kazakhstan | 21 June 1998||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 74 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nurkozha Kaipanov (born 21 June 1998) is a Kazakhstani freestyle wrestler. He is a three-time medalist, including gold, at the World Wrestling Championships and a two-time gold medalist at the Asian Wrestling Championships.
In 2019, Kaipanov won the gold medal in the men's 70 kg event at the Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China. [1] [2] At the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, he won the silver medal in the men's 70 kg event. [3] In the same year, he also won the silver medal in the men's 74 kg event at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China. [4] [5]
In 2021, Kaipanov won one of the bronze medals in the 74 kg event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series held in Rome, Italy. [6] He competed in the 74 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. [7]
Kaipanov competed at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. [8] He was eliminated in his third match and he did not qualify for the Olympics. [8] Kaipanov also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics. [9]
Nurkozha Kaipanov won the gold medal at the 2024 World Wrestling Championships in Tirana, Albania, defeating Japan's Yoshinosuke Aoyagi 5-3 in the men's freestyle 70 kg final match. Nurkozha Kaipanov defeated Israel's Mitch Finesilver 9-0 in the first round, Moldovan Nicolai Grahmez 14-2 in the second round, Georgian Akaki Kemertelidze 12-2 in the quarter-finals and Abdulmazhid Kudiev competing for Tajikistan 13-2 in the semifinals. [10]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2019 | Asian Championships | Xi'an, China | 1st | Freestyle 70 kg | |
World Championships | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | 2nd | Freestyle 70 kg | ||
Military World Games | Wuhan, China | 2nd | Freestyle 74 kg | ||
2021 | Asian Championships | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 1st | Freestyle 74 kg | |
2022 | Asian Championships | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 2nd | Freestyle 74 kg | |
2024 | World Championships | Tirana, Albania | 1st | Freestyle 70 kg |