Nurkozha Kaipanov

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 three-time gold medalist at the Asian Wrestling Championships.

Career

In 2019, Kaipanov won the gold medal in the men's 70 kg event at the Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China. At the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, he won the silver medal in the men's 70kg event. In the same year, he also won the silver medal in the men's 74kg event at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China.

In 2021, Kaipanov won one of the bronze medals in the 74 kg event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series held in Rome, Italy. He competed in the 74kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.

Kaipanov competed at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He was eliminated in his third match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.

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.

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