Aisuluu Tynybekova (Kyrgyz: Айсулуу Тыныбекова, born 4 May 1993 in Bishkek) is a Kyrgyz freestyle wrestler.[1] She won the silver medal in the women's 62 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2] She also competed in the women's 63 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics,[3] the first woman to wrestle for Kyrgyzstan in the Olympics.[4] A legal dispute threatened to prevent Tynybekova from competing in London, but the case was delayed until after the Games.[5] Tynybekova was eliminated in the 1/8 finals by Henna Johansson.[6]

Aisuluu Tynybekova
Personal information
Full nameAisuluu Tynybekova
Nationality Kyrgyzstan
Born4 May 1993 (1993-05-04) (age 31)
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
OccupationAthlete
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country Kyrgyzstan
SportWrestling
Weight class62 kg
EventFreestyle
ClubIzabekov's Wrestling Academy
Coached byNurbek Izabekov
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
World Championships 3 0 1
Asian Championships 6 3 2
Asian Games 1 0 2
Islamic Solidarity Games 2 0 0
Yasar Dogu Tournament 2 1 0
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 1 1 0
Other 12 7 8
Total 27 13 14
Representing  Kyrgyzstan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 62 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 62 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Nur-Sultan 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Oslo 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Belgrade 62 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Paris 58 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bangkok 58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 New Delhi 58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Xi'an 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Almaty 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Astana 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Bishkek 62 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Astana 60 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Doha 58 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Ulaanbaatar 62 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 New Delhi 59 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 New Delhi 62 kg
Individual World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2020 Belgrade 62 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta 62 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou 62 kg
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan 59 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku 58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 62 kg
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Ashgabat 58 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2020 Istanbul 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Antalya 62 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Istanbul 62 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Gold medal – first place 2017 Krasnoyarsk 58 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Krasnoyarsk 58 kg
Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Tournament
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ruse 62 kg
Golden Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Paris 58 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2014 New York 58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Madrid 59 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Nice 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Rome 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Warsaw 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Warsaw 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kyiv 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Alexandria 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest 62 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Zagreb 62 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Dormagen 58 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Madrid 58 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Spala 58 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Varşova 58 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Klippan 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Madrid 63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Klippan 59 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Wenzhou 59 kg
World Juniors Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Sofia 59 kg
Asian Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Phuket 59 kg
Asian Cadets Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Bangkok 56 kg

As of summer 2016, Tynybekova has competed in four World Championships (her highest finish being seventh in 2013) and four Asian Championships, finishing no lower than third and winning the 58 kg class in 2016.[7]

In the 2016 Summer Olympics, Tynybekova won her octofinal and quarterfinal, then lost her semifinal to the eventual silver medalist, Russia's Valeria Koblova. She then lost the second bronze medal match to Sakshi Malik of India (see Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 58 kg).[8]

On 13 May 2017, Aisuluu Tynybekova received a gold medal in the Asian champion in 2017 (New Delhi, India).[9] On 23 August 2017, she received bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships in Paris, France, by defeating Ms. Rong Ningning (China), in 58 kg wrestling.[10]

In 2020, she won the gold medal in the 62 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.

Personal life

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Aisuluu Tynybekova was born the 4th of May, 1993, in the village of Mailuu-Suu in the Jalal-Abad oblast in the South-Western part of Kyrgyzstan. At 15, Tynybekova discovered the sport of freestyle wrestling, and four years later she became the first woman to wrestle for Kyrgyzstan in the Olympics.

Prior to her career in wrestling, she played basketball and trained in the martial art karate. In 2009, she joined the Kyrgyz national wrestling team and as soon as 2013 she was named one of the Best Athletes of the Year in Kyrgyzstan. Additionally, she held the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Kyrgyzstan in 2015. She also studied economics at the Kyrgyz State Technical University in Bishkek.

Career

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Aisuluu started her international wrestling career in the year 2009. She went on to become Asian Junior and Cadet championship.

2012

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2012 London Olympics

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In 2012 she became the first ever female wrestler from Kyrgyzstan to qualify for Olympics by winning Silver medal at Asian Olympic qualification tournament in the 63 kg women freestyle wrestling event. She was eliminated from the tournament by Henna Johansson. Later in the year she went on to win Bronze at the Spain Open held in Madrid.

2013

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Aisuluu came back stronger from the Olympic loss in the year 2013. She won the bronze medal in the 59 kg category. Later in the year she proceeded to win bronze at Klippan Ladies Open in Sweden. This was followed by her competing in World Wrestling Championship in Budapest, Hungary. She won defeated her opponents in round of 32 and round of 16 only to be stopped by eventual silver medalist Taybe Yusein. As Yusein reached finals she got the opportunity to compete for bronze medal. However, she was eliminated by Tetyana Lavrenchuk in repechage round 2. In this year she was also named as the best Female Athlete of Kyrgyzstan.

2014

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2014 turned out to be an important year for Aisuluu. She started the Years campaign in at Asian wrestling championship in Astana and won the silver medal there. She in the tournament defeated Japanese opponent Haruka Sato. She however, failed to win the gold medal because as she lost to Zhang Lan of China in the finals. This was followed by a silver at Grand Prix of Germany before entering the world championship. There she was eliminated in the round of 16 by Alli Ragan of the US.

Asian Games 2014

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After losing the opening round to eventual Silver medalist, Sündeviin Byambatseren, she proceeded to win the bronze medal in the repechage rounds by defeating Jong In-sun.

2015

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Aisuluu continued her strong performance following Asian Games. In 2015 she won a silver medal at the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix.[11] This was followed by her repeating her silver medal at the Asian Championship in 2015 after losing to 10-time-world champion Kaori Icho in finals. She produced strong performances in Spain and Golden Grand prix by winning silver in each. In the 2015 world championship she was defeated in the first round by eventual silver medalist Petra Olli. As Olli reached finals, Aisuluu got repechage rounds. She won the first round against Michelle Fazzari but lost to Johanna Mattsson in the next round.

2016

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Aisuluu had a fiery opening in 2016. She came in her strongest form as she won the gold medal at the 2016 Asian Championship. This was followed by another strong gold at the FILA Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament. She before entering the Olympics won a silver at the Poland Open.

2016 Rio Olympics

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Aisuluu was a medal prospect for her country at the Rio Games. She defeated Joice Silva in round of 16 and Petra Olli in round of 8 before losing to Valeria Koblova in the semi-final. She got her chance to win bronze medal but lost to Sakshi Malik.

2020

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In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's 62 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[12][13]

2021

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In 2021, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.[14][15]

Aisuluu Tynybekova takes Silver Medal in the women's 62 kg, becoming the first-ever woman from Kyrgyzstan to win a silver medal at the Olympic Games.[16]

2022

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In 2022, she competed at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. She won the gold medal in the 62 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[17][18] She lost her bronze medal match in the 62 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[19][20]

2023

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Tynybekova won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt.[21] In June, Tynybekova lost to Russia's Alina Kasabieva at Poddubny wrestling league 5 held in Vladikavkaz, Russia.[22][23]

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 62 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.[24]

2024

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Tynybekova won one of the bronze medals in the women's 62 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[25] She defeated Pürevdorjiin Orkhon of Mongolia in her bronze medal match.[25]

References

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