Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov

Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov (born 9 February 1996) is a Kyrgyzstani freestyle wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 61kg event at the 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships held in New Delhi, India.

Career

At the 2016 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Bangkok, Thailand, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 57kg event. In the same year, he also competed in the first qualification tournament hoping to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His efforts were unsuccessful as he was eliminated in his third match in the tournament, against Sandeep Tomar of India.

In 2017, Zholdoshbekov was eliminated in his first match in the 57kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France. A month later, he was eliminated in his second match in the men's 57kg event at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. He also won the gold medal in the 61kg event at the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship in Budapest, Hungary. In the same year, he also competed in the men's freestyle 57kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan where he was eliminated in his first match by Mahir Amiraslanov of Azerbaijan.

In 2022, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. Zholdoshbekov competed in the 61kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.

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