Zholaman Sharshenbekov

Zholaman Sharshenbekov (born 29 September 1999) is a Kyrgyz Greco-Roman wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the 60kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He is a four-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the World Wrestling Championships (2018, 2021, 2022, 2023). He is also a five-time medalist, including three gold medals, at the Asian Wrestling Championships (2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024).

Career

In 2020, he won the gold medal in the 60kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.

In 2022, Sharshenbekov won one of the bronze medals in the 60 kg event at the Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. He won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. He won the gold medal in his event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey. He won the gold medal in the 60 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.

Sharshenbekov won the gold medal in the 60kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China. He defeated Ayata Suzuki of Japan in his gold medal match.

Achievements