Akshurek Tangatarov

Aqschürek Tangatarow at the 2012 Olympic Games

Aqschürek Dostyquly Tangatarow ( Kazakh Ақжүрек Достықұлы Таңатаров , Russian Акжурек Достыкович Танатаров Akschurek Dostykowitsch Tanatarow * 2 September 1986 in Zhambyl , Kazakh SSR , USSR ) is a Kazakh wrestler . He won at the Olympic Games 2012 in London , a bronze medal in free style in lightweight .

Career

Aqschürek Tangatarow began wrestling as a teenager in 1996 in Taras. He is or has since been trained by Baurschan Normachanow, Malik Nadirbekow and Adilet Sarybajew. He wrestles exclusively in free style. Ser sports student weighs about 70 kg with a height of 1.73 meters and starts in the lightweight, the weight class up to 66 kg body weight.

He began his international career in 2003 at the Asian Cadet Junior Championship in Feng Yuang City, Taiwan. He took 4th place in the weight class up to 69 kg. In the following years he played in several international championships in the junior division, but could not place himself in the front field.

In 2008 he played an Olympic qualification tournament in Martigny / Switzerland , where he only finished 7th and therefore could not qualify for participation in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing . In 2009 he finished 7th in the lightweight Asian championship in Pattaya and 10th in the 2010 World Cup in Moscow .

In 2011 he did not compete in any international championships. In 2012, however, he returned to the international mat and was greatly improved. He managed to qualify at the Olympic qualification tournament in Astana in the lightweight with a 2nd place behind Ichtiyor Nawrusow from Uzbekistan for the Olympic Games in London. In the Olympic tournament he defeated Andrei Kwiatkowski from Ukraine and Dawit Safarjan from Armenia , then lost to the former world champion Sushil Kumar from India and secured himself with a victory over the 2008 Olympic champion Ramazan Şahin from Turkey (2: 1 rounds, 8: 7 points) an Olympic bronze medal.

After the games, he received a three-room condominium in Taraz and a car from the Kazakh state as a bonus.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2003	4th	Asian Junior Championship (Cadets) in Feng Yuang City ( Taiwan )	up to 69 kg	Winner: A. Pourmajid, Iran ahead of Dordschwaantschigiin Gombodordsch , Mongolia
2004	7th	Asian Junior Championship in Alma Ata	Light	Winner: Sabit Kendigajew, Kazakhstan ahead of Tsukasa Sato, Japan
2005	19th	Junior World Championships in Vilnius	Light	after losing to Chogan Suleymanov, Azerbaijan
2007	5.	Dan Kolow & Nikola Petrow Memorial in Sofia	Welter	Winner: Simeon Simeonow, Bulgaria ahead of Saifaddin Osmanow, Kazakhstan
2008	7th	Olympic qualification tournament in Martigny	Light	Winner: Mehdi Taghavi Kermani, Iran ahead of Serafim Barzakow , Bulgaria
2009	7th	Asian Championship in Pattaya	Light	Winner: Mehdi Taghavi Kermani ahead of Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu , Japan
2010	16.	Golden Grand Prix in Tbilisi	Light	Winner: Mehdi Taghavi Kermani ahead of Haislan Garcia Veranes, Cuba
2010	10.	World Cup in Moscow	Light	after defeating Melchor Manihusan, GUM and losing to Kim Dae-sung, South Korea
2012	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Tehran	Light	behind Chami Moustafa Hossein, and Alireza Ghasemi, both Iran
2012	2.	Olympic qualification tournament in Astana	Light	behind Ichtiyor Nawrusow, Uzbekistan, in front of Sushil Kumar, India and Kim Dae-sung
2012	3.	Wacław Ziółkowski Memorial in Siedlce	Welter	behind Matthew Gentry , Canada and Ramasan Shahin, Turkey
2012	bronze	OS in London	Light	after victories over Andrei Kwiatkowski, Ukraine and Dawit Safarjan , Armenia , a defeat against Sushil Kumar and a victory over Ramazan Şahin

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
• Lightweight, weight class up to 66 kg, welter weight, up to 74 kg body weight

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Foeldeak Wrestling Database website

Web links

• Aqschürek Tangatarow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )