Kyrgyzstan won 9 Olympic medals in its independent history

AKIPRESS.COM – Olympians from Kyrgyzstan won two medals on August 6 at the Olympic Games in Paris.

Zholaman Sharshenbekov won a bronze medal in men’s Greco-Roman wrestling 60 kg, and Meerim Zhumanazarova won a silver medal in women’s freestyle wrestling 68 kg.

In the history of independent Kyrgyzstan, there are a total of 9 medals won by Kyrgyz athletes in Olympic Games (4 silver and 5 bronze). 

Sydney 2000  

Bronze – Aidyn Smagulov (judo) 

Beijing 2008

Silver – Kanat Begaliev (Greco-Roman wrestling)

Bronze – Ruslan Tyumenbaev (Greco-Roman wrestling) 

Bronze – Bazar Bazarguruev (freestyle wrestling)

Tokyo 2021

Silver – Akzhol Makhmudov (Greco-Roman wrestling)

Silver – Aisuluu Tynybekova (women’s freestyle wrestling)

Bronze – Meerim Zhumanazarova (women’s freestyle wrestling) 

Paris 2024

Silver – Meerim Zhumanazarova (freestyle wrestling)

Bronze – Zholaman Sharshenbekov (Greco-Roman wrestling)