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Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov (Kazakh: Жақсылық Әмірәліұлы Үшкемпіров; 6 May 1951 – 2 August 2020) was a light-flyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Kazakhstan. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1980 and a world title in 1981.[1]

Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov

Üshkempirov (left) at the 1980 Olympics
Personal information
Born	6 May 1951 Tegistik, Bayzak District, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Died	2 August 2020 (aged 69) Nur-Sultan
Height	156 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Weight	48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Sport	Greco-Roman wrestling
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1980 Moscow -48 kg World Championships 1981 Oslo -48 kg European Championships 1980 Prievidza -48 kg

Ushkempirov took up wrestling in 1969 and won the Soviet title in 1975 and 1980. After retiring from competitions he worked as director of a sports school in Almaty in 1984–1993. In 1993 he founded the sports club Zhaksylyk and served as its president. Since 2001, an annual junior wrestling tournament has been held in Almaty in his honor.[1]

Memory

In 2019, a feature film "Zhaksylyk" (Kazakhstan) was shot about the life of Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov. Ushkempirov was played by Elnar Nazarkul and Sanurzhan Suleimenov in his youth and adolescence, and the role of a 60-year-old athlete was played by Doszhan Zhanbotaev.[2]

On December 2, 2020, the Martial Arts Palace in Nur-Sultan was renamed in honor of Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov.[3]

On September 8, 2021, a monument was unveiled next to him[4]

References

На других языках

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- [en] Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov

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[fr] Zhaqsylyq Üshkempirov

Zhaksylyk Amiralyuly Ushkempirov est un lutteur soviétique spécialiste de la lutte gréco-romaine né le 6 mai 1951 à Tegistik au Kazakhstan et mort le 2 août 2020 à Nour-Soultan[1].

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[it] Žaqsylyq Üškempirov

Žaqsylyq Amiralyuly Üškempirov (in kazako: Жақсылық Үшкемпіров?; Tegistik, 6 maggio 1951 – Nur-Sultan, 2 agosto 2020) è stato un lottatore kazako, fino al 1991 sovietico, specializzato nella lotta greco-romana.

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[ru] Ушкемпиров, Жаксылык Амиралыулы

Жаксылы́к Амиралыулы Ушкемпи́ров (каз. Жақсылық Әмірәліұлы Үшкемпіров; 6 мая 1951, совхоз «Чапаев», Свердловский район, Джамбульская область, Казахская ССР, СССР — 2 августа 2020, Нур-Султан, Казахстан) — советский борец классического стиля, Олимпийский чемпион, Герой Труда Казахстана, Заслуженный мастер спорта СССР (1980). Чемпион мира. Заслуженный тренер Казахской ССР.

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