Guzel Manyurova

Guzel Tagirkyzy Manyurova (Tatar: Гүзәл Таһир кызы Манюрова; born 24 January 1978) is a Tatar freestyle wrestler who competed for Russia and Kazakhstan. She won three medals at the 2004, 2012 and 2016 Olympics.[3][4]

Guzel Manyurova

Manyurova on a 2016 stamp of Kazakhstan
Personal information
Native name	Гюзель Тагировна Манюрова Гүзәл Таһир кызы Манюрова
Full name	Guzel Tagirovna Manyurova
National team	Kazakhstan
Born	(1978-01-24) 24 January 1978 Saransk, Russia[1]
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1][2]
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Freestyle
Coached by	Sarken Ayasbekov (2010–) Aleksander Kolyvanov (2006–) Igor Fitkulin (2006–)[2]
Medal record Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2004 Athens -72 kg World Championships 2007 Baku -72 kg Representing  Kazakhstan Olympic Games 2012 London -72 kg 2016 Rio de Janeiro -75 kg

Manyurova graduated from the Moscow Veterinarian Academy. Until 2009 she trained at Dynamo Moscow and competed for Russia. She later moved to Alma Ata.[2]

She later left her wrestling career when she started learning with Jehovah's Witnesses, on learning their principles of peace and non-violence. She soon joined the group in their evangelical work. Her autobiographical video was later published in jw.org, the official website of Jehovah's Witnesses.

References

1. Guzel Manyurova. sports-reference.com
2. Manyurova, Gouzel (KAZ) Archived 28 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine. iat.uni-leipzig.de
3. Profile Archived 16 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine at DatabaseOlympics.com
4. "Guzel Manyurova". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013.