Yerzhet Zharlykassyn (born 26 August 2000) is a Kazakh Greco-Roman wrestler competing in the 63 kg division. He won the silver medal at the 2024 World Wrestling Championships.[1]
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| Born | 26 August 2000 Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9.9 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Besolt Deziev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editIn 2024, Yerzhet Zharlykassyn competed in the Greco-Roman 63 kg event at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and won the gold medal.[2]
Zharlykassyn won the silver medal at the 2024 World Wrestling Championships in Tirana, Albania, losing 6-1 to Azerbaijan's Nihat Mammadli in the final match of the men's 63 kg Greco-Roman 63 kg. Zharlykassyn advanced to the final after defeating Poland's Michał Tracz 9-0 in the second round, France's Stefan Clément 10-0 in the quarterfinals and Individual Independent competing for Russia Sadyk Lalaev 8-0 in the semifinals.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Yerzhet Zharlykassyn profile page". uww.org.
- ^ "Kazakh Zharlykassyn wins Asian Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships title". inform.kz.
- ^ "Greco-Roman – Seniors – 63 kg – Results". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "2024 Wrestling World Championships: All final results and medals – Full list". olympics.com. Retrieved 30 October 2024.