Uzur Dzhuzupbekov

Uzur Dzhuzupbekov (; born 12 April 1996) is a Kyrgyzstani Greco-Roman wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the 97kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He is a bronze medalist at the Asian Games and a two-time silver medalist at the Islamic Solidarity Games.

Dzhuzupbekov won the gold medal in the men's 97kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China. He represented Kyrgyzstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

At the 2016 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Bangkok, Thailand, Dzhuzupbekov won one of the bronze medals in the men's 98kg event.

In 2017, Dzhuzupbekov won the silver medal in the men's 98kg event at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. A few months later, at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, he also won the silver medal in the 98kg event. He lost his first match against Musa Evloev of Russia and in the repechage he lost his match against Balázs Kiss of Hungary. In that same year, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 97kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. In his bronze medal match he defeated Jahongir Turdiev of Uzbekistan. He did not advance far as he was eliminated from the competition in his first match, against Cenk İldem of Turkey.

Dzhuzupbekov competed in the 97kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He lost his first match against Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia and he was then eliminated in the repechage by Arvi Savolainen of Finland. He won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.

Dzhuzupbekov won the silver medal in his event at the 2023 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Astana, Kazakhstan. He competed at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Dzhuzupbekov was eliminated in his second match and he did not qualify for the Olympics. Dzhuzupbekov won one of the bronze medals in the 97kg event at the Olympics. He defeated Mohamed Gabr of Egypt in his bronze medal match.

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