# Uzur Dzhuzupbekov

Uzur Dzhuzupbekov (Kyrgyz: Үзүр Жусупбеков; born 12 April 1996) is a Kyrgyzstani Greco-Roman wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the 97 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He is a bronze medalist at the Asian Games and a two-time silver medalist at the Islamic Solidarity Games.
Dzhuzupbekov won the gold medal in the men's 97 kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China. He represented Kyrgyzstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

## Career

At the 2016 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Bangkok, Thailand, Dzhuzupbekov won one of the bronze medals in the men's 98 kg event.
In 2017, Dzhuzupbekov won the silver medal in the men's 98 kg event at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. A few months later, at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, he also won the silver medal in the 98 kg event. In that same year, Dzhuzupbekov competed in the 98 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships in Paris, France. He lost his first match against Musa Evloev of Russia and in the repechage he lost his match against Balázs Kiss of Hungary.
At the 2018 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Dzhuzupbekov won one of the bronze medals in the men's 97 kg event. In that same year, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 97 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. In his bronze medal match he defeated Jahongir Turdiev of Uzbekistan.
In 2019, Dzhuzupbekov competed in the 97 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. He did not advance far as he was eliminated from the competition in his first match, against Cenk İldem of Turkey. In 2020, Dzhuzupbekov competed in the men's 97 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.
Dzhuzupbekov competed in the 97 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He lost his first match against Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia and he was then eliminated in the repechage by Arvi Savolainen of Finland.
In 2022, Dzhuzupbekov won one of the bronze medals in the 97 kg event at the Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. He won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.
Dzhuzupbekov won the silver medal in his event at the 2023 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Astana, Kazakhstan. He competed at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Dzhuzupbekov was eliminated in his second match and he did not qualify for the Olympics. A few weeks later, he earned a quota place for Kyrgyzstan for the Olympics at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. Dzhuzupbekov won one of the bronze medals in the 97 kg event at the Olympics. He defeated Mohamed Gabr of Egypt in his bronze medal match.

## Achievements

| Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
| 2016 | Asian Championships | Bangkok, Thailand | 3rd | Greco-Roman 98 kg |
| 2017 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 2nd | Greco-Roman 98 kg |
| 2017 | Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 2nd | Greco-Roman 98 kg |
| 2018 | Asian Championships | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 3rd | Greco-Roman 97 kg |
| 2018 | Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | 3rd | Greco-Roman 97 kg |
| 2019 | Asian Championships | Xi'an, China | 1st | Greco-Roman 97 kg |
| 2022 | Asian Championships | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 3rd | Greco-Roman 97 kg |
| 2022 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Konya, Turkey | 2nd | Greco-Roman 97 kg |
| 2023 | Asian Championships | Astana, Kazakhstan | 2nd | Greco-Roman 97 kg |
| 2024 | Summer Olympics | Paris, France | 3rd | Greco-Roman 97 kg |