Nazym Kyzaibay
Kazakh boxer (born 1993)
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Nazym Abaiqyzy Qyzaibai (Kazakh: Назым Абайқызы Қызайбай; born 14 September 1993) is a Kazakh amateur boxer. She is her country's first three-time world champion having won the light-flyweight gold medal in 2014 and 2016 and the minimumweight title in 2025 and also bronze medalist at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]
Kyzaibay at the 2024 Olympic Games as depicted on a 2025 Kazakh stamp | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Назым Абайқызы Қызайбай |
| Born | 14 September 1993 Jetıgen, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan |
| Weight | Light-flyweight Flyweight Minimumweight |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Boxing |
| Coached by | Jumabek Omirzaqov (personal) Vadim Prisyazhnyuk (national) |
Medal record | |
Career
Kyzaibay won the light-flyweight gold medal at the 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in Jeju, South Korea, defeating Sarjubala Devi of India in the final.[2]
At the 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, she beat China's Wang Yuyan in the light-flyweight final to win the gold medal.[3]
Kyzaibay won the flyweight gold medal at the 2021 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Dubai, defeating Mary Kom of India 3:2 in the final.[4][5]
She won a bronze medal in the flyweight division at the 2024 Paris Olympics, losing to Chinese reigning world champion and eventual gold medalist Wu Yu 4:1 in the semi-finals.[6][7]
Now competing at minimumweight, Kyzaibay beat Iuliia Chumgalakova from Russia in the final at the 2025 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships in Niš, Serbia, to take the gold medal and become Kazakhstan’s first three-time world boxing champion.[8][9]
