# Moldir Zhangbyrbay

Moldir Zhangbyrbay (born 18 May 1997) is a Kazakhstani professional karateka, she currently represents Kazakhstan internationally Kumite (Karate) event.

## Career

* She is three time gold medalist in Asian Karate Championships (Continental Championship) in individual Kumite U-50 Kg Category in the year of 2018 in Japan and 2017 in Kazakhstan and she also won several medals in the World Karate Federation Karate 1 Leagues and Series Championships. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
* In 2018 Asian Games was eliminated in her second match (quarterfinal) by Paweena Raksachart of Thailand in the Individual Women's Kumite 50 Kg.
* In 2023, she won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China. She won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She defeated Erminia Perfetto of Italy in the final.

## Achievements

She has qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France to represent Kazakhstan in Women’s -55 Kg Kumite Category at the Karate competition of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Competition Records :
| YEAR | COMPETITION | VENUE | RANK/POSITION | EVENT |
| 2021 | Karate 1 Premier League | Lisbon Portugal | Silver | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2020 | Karate 1 Premier League | Salzburg Austria | Participate | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2020 | Karate 1 Premier League | Dubai United Arab Emirates | Participate | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2020 | Karate 1 Premier League | Paris France | Participate | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2019 | Karate 1 Premier League | Madrid Spain | Participate | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2019 | Karate 1 Premier League | Moscow ROC | Participate | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2019 | Karate 1 Series A | Santiago Chile | Participate | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2019 | Karate 1 Premier League | Tokyo ROC | 9th | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2019 | 16th Senior Asian Karate Championship | Tashkent Uzbekistan | 5th | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2019 | Karate 1 Series A | Montreal Canada | Participate | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2019 | Karate 1 Premier League | Shanghai China | Participate | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2019 | Karate 1 Series A | Istanbul Turkey | Participate | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2019 | Karate 1 Premier League | Rabat Morocco | Participate | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2019 | Karate 1 Series A | Salzburg Austria | Participate | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2019 | Karate 1 Premier League | Dubai United Arab Emirates | Participate | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2019 | Karate 1 Premier League | Paris France | Participate | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2019 | Karate 1 Series A | Shanghai China | 5th | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2018 | Senior World Karate Championship | Madrid Spain | 9th | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2018 | Karate 1 Premier League | Tokyo Japan | Participate | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2018 | Karate 1 Premier League | Berlin Germany | 7th | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2018 | Karate 1 Premier League | Istanbul Turkey | Participate | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2018 | 17th Cadet, Junior and Under21 Asian Karate Championship | Okinawa Japan | Gold | U-21 Kumite Female -50 Kg |
| 2018 | Karate 1 Premier League | Rabat Morocco | Participate | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2018 | Karate 1 Premier League | Rotterdam Netherlands | 7th | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2018 | Karate 1 Series A | Guadalajara Spain | 9th | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2018 | Karate 1 Premier League | Paris France | 9th | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2017 | Karate 1 Series A | Okinawa Japan | Bronze | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2017 | 10th World Junior, Cadet & Under 21 Karate Championships | Tenerife Spain | Participate | U21 Kumite Female -50 Kg |
| 2017 | Karate 1 Premier League | Halle/Leipzig Germany | Participate | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2017 | 16th Asian Cadet, Junior & Under 21 Karate Championships | Astana Kazakhstan | Gold | U21 Kumite Female -50 Kg |
| 2017 | Karate 1 Series A | Toledo Spain | 5th | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2017 | Karate 1 Premier League | Rotterdam Netherlands | Participate | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2017 | Karate 1 Premier League | Paris France | Participate | Female -50 Kg Kumite |
| 2015 | 9th World Junior, Cadet & Under 21 Karate Championships | Jakarta Indonesia | Participate | U21 Kumite Female -50 Kg |
| 2013 | 8th World Junior, Cadet & Under 21 Karate Championships | Guadalajara Spain | Participate | Junior Kumite Female -48 Kg |