Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov
Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov (born 9 February 1996)[1] is a Kyrgyzstani freestyle wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 61 kg event at the 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships held in New Delhi, India.[2][3] CareerAt the 2016 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Bangkok, Thailand, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 57 kg event.[4] 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.[5] His efforts were unsuccessful as he was eliminated in his third match in the tournament, against Sandeep Tomar of India.[5] In that same year, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 57 kg event at the 2016 World University Wrestling Championships held in Çorum, Turkey.[6] In 2017, Zholdoshbekov was eliminated in his first match in the 57 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France.[7] A month later, he was eliminated in his second match in the men's 57 kg event at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[1] In 2019, Zholdoshbekov won the gold medal in the 61 kg event at the Asian U23 Wrestling Championship held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[8] He also won the gold medal in the 61 kg event at the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship in Budapest, Hungary.[9][10] In the same year, he also competed in the men's freestyle 57 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan where he was eliminated in his first match by Mahir Amiraslanov of Azerbaijan.[11] In 2022, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[12] Zholdoshbekov competed in the 61 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[13] Achievements
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