Aisuluu Tynybekova
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Kyrgyzstan Tynybekova in 2021 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Aisuluu Tynybekova |
| Nationality | Kyrgyzstan |
| Born | 4 May 1993 (age 32) Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
| Occupation | Athlete |
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Kyrgyzstan |
| Sport | Wrestling |
| Weight class | 62 kg |
Event | Freestyle |
| Club | Izabekov's Wrestling Academy |
| Coached by | Nurbek Izabekov |
Medal record | |
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]
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, Tynybekova received a gold medal in the Asian championship in 2017 (New Delhi, India).[9] On 23 August 2017, she received a 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.
Tynybekova was born on 4 May 1993, in the village of Kochkor in the Naryn oblast in the North 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.
