Galymzhan Usserbayev

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

Galymzhan Usserbayev
Usserbayev (top) at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born19 December 1988 (1988-12-19) (age 31)
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportFreestyle wrestling
ClubCSKA[2]
Coached bySergey Beloglazov[2]

2014 season

He competed at 74 kg freestyle at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships where he won his first match, but lost his second.[3]

2015 season

He won a bronze medal at the 2015 Military World Games.[4]

2016 season

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

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References

  1. Galymzhan Usserbayev Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  2. Galymzhan Usserbayev. rio2016.com
  3. "Japan Snares 3 Tickets to Rio as Asian OG Qualifier Gets Under Way". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  4. "6 Kazakhs in TOP 20 wrestlers of the world – News – WRESTLING FEDERATION". Wrestling.kz. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.


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