Gulzhan Issanova (born 12 September 1983) is a

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental coun ...

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, born in

Karaganda Karaganda or Qaraghandy ( kk, Қарағанды/Qarağandy, ; russian: Караганда, ) is the capital of Karaganda Region in the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is the fourth most populous city in Kazakhstan, behind Almaty (Alma-Ata), Astana a ...

. Issanova won a bronze medal in the open weight class at the

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, having defeated

Angom Anita Chanu Angom Anita Chanu is an Indian judoka, played in the lightweight (-52 kg) in various National and International tournaments. She won her bronze medal at Asian Judo Championship at Bangkok in 2013 by defeating Kazakhstan’s Olessya Kutse ...

of India in the bronze medal match. She also finished fifth in the

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(+78 kg) category.

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* * * * 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Karaganda Kazakhstani female judoka Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Kazakhstan Judoka at the 2006 Asian Games Judoka at the 2010 Asian Games Judoka at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games medalists in judo Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Summer World University Games medalists in judo FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade 21st-century Kazakhstani women {{Kazakhstan-judo-bio-stub