Rizabek Aitmukhan (born 29 April 2004) is a Kazakh freestyle wrestler competing in the 92 kg division. He won the gold medal in the 92 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships.[1][2]
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| Birth name | Ризабек Канатович Айтмухан | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Rizabek Kanatovich Aitmukhan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 April 2004 Kishkenekol, Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 97 kg (214 lb; 15.3 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career edit
On February 7, 2023, at the age of 18, he became the champion of Kazakhstan in freestyle wrestling among seniors.[citation needed]
On September 18, 2023, he won the first gold medal in the history of Kazakhstan at the World Freestyle Wrestling Championships. Rizabek defeated the Hungarian wrestler in the first round with a score of 13:3, and in the second round defeated the European champion of 2023, Turkish Feyzullah Aktürk with a score of 11:0. And in the semifinals, the Kazakh wrestler defeated his Georgian opponent and for the first time in his career reached the final of the World Championship among adults. In the final, Rizabek fought with Azerbaijani Osman Nurmogamedov and became the winner.[3]
References edit
- ^ "International Wrestling Database". whatsmat.uww.org. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- ^ https://whatsmat.uww.org/daten.php?spid=F08FCD6B8A3C476A8838BDBEFBD7FF6E
- ^ "92kg Bracket". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
External links edit
- Rizabek Aitmukhan at the International Wrestling Database
- Rizabek Aitmukhan at United World Wrestling
