Galymzhan Usserbayev

Galymzhan Usserbayev
Usserbayev (top) at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityKazakhstan Kazakhstan
Born19 December 1988 (1988-12-19) (age 35)
Kyzylorda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
CountryKazakhstan Kazakhstan
SportFreestyle wrestling
Weight class74 kg
ClubCSKA
Coached bySergey Beloglazov
Medal record
Representing  Kazakhstan
Men's freestyle wrestling
Asian Wrestling Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Xi'an 79 kg
Military World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Mungyeong 74 kg
World Military Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Fort Dix 74 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Moscow 79 kg
Olympic Qualification Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2016 Astana 74 kg

Galymzhan Usserbayev (born 19 December 1988) is a freestyle wrestler from Kazakhstan.

2014 season

He competed at 74 kg freestyle at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships where he won his first match, but lost his second.[1]

2015 season

He won a bronze medal at the 2015 Military World Games.[2]

2016 season

He won the 74 kg freestyle competition at the 2016 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to earn a berth at the 2016 Olympics.[1] At the Olympics he lost a bronze medal match to Soner Demirtaş.[3]

2021 season

In 2021, he won the gold medal in the 79 kg event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 held in Rome, Italy.[4]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Galymzhan Usserbayev.
  1. ^ a b "Japan Snares 3 Tickets to Rio as Asian OG Qualifier Gets Under Way". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  2. ^ "6 Kazakhs in TOP 20 wrestlers of the world – News – WRESTLING FEDERATION". Wrestling.kz. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  3. ^ Galymzhan Usserbayev Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  4. ^ "Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.


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