Nurkozha Kaipanov (born 21 June 1998) is a

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ...

. He is a three-time medalist, including gold, at the

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and a two-time gold medalist at the

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Career

In 2019, Kaipanov won the gold medal in the men's 70 kg event at the

held in Xi'an, China. At the

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held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, he won the silver medal in the men's 70kg event. In the same year, he also won the silver medal in the men's 74kg event at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China. In 2021, Kaipanov won one of the bronze medals in the 74 kg event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series held in Rome, Italy. He competed in the 74kg event at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia. Kaipanov competed at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan hoping to qualify for the

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in Paris, France. He was eliminated in his third match and he did not qualify for the Olympics. Kaipanov also competed at the

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held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics. Nurkozha Kaipanov won the gold medal at the 2024 World Wrestling Championships in Tirana, Albania, defeating Japan's Yoshinosuke Aoyagi 5-3 in the men's freestyle 70 kg final match. Nurkozha Kaipanov defeated Israel's Mitch Finesilver 9-0 in the first round, Moldovan Nicolai Grahmez 14-2 in the second round, Georgian Akaki Kemertelidze 12-2 in the quarter-finals and Abdulmazhid Kudiev competing for Tajikistan 13-2 in the semifinals.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaipanov, Nurkozha 1998 births Living people Kazakhstani male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists Asian Wrestling Championships medalists Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Kazakhstan Islamic Solidarity Games weightlifters Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Sportspeople from Petropavl 21st-century Kazakhstani sportsmen Military World Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Military World Games medalists in wrestling World Wrestling Champions