Nurken Kanatovich Nuratov, Head of the Sports Department of the Karaganda region, congratulated the man whose name is inscribed in gold letters in the history of Kazakhstani sports on the state award. A man who gave not just years of his life to the struggle, but his whole soul, talent and inexhaustible energy. Congratulations to our dear and deeply respected Sarzhan Bektemirovich Zhaksybekov!
Having gone through a bright path from a young wrestler on the carpet of his native Karaganda, the champion of the republic and the master of sports of the USSR, he found his true calling in coaching. It was thanks to his pedagogical gift, steely will and fatherly care that women's wrestling in Kazakhstan reached the world and Olympic levels.
It is not for nothing that on the eve of the Republic Day Sarzhan Bektemirovich was awarded a high state award - the Order of "Kurmet". This is a sign of recognition of the whole country, gratitude for every victory, for every raised flag of Kazakhstan.
The star pupils of Sarzhan Zhaksybekov:
• Elena Shalygina is one of the brightest students, the bronze medalist of the Olympic Games in Beijing (2008), multiple medalist of the World Championships (silver in Baku-2007, Tokyo-2008, bronze in Moscow-2010) and the champion of the Asian Games.
• Zhuldyz Ashimova - Honored Master of Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan, silver medalist of the World Championship (Herning-2009), Asian champion and winner of the Asian Games.
• Elmira Syzdykova is a Karaganda wrestler, bronze medalist of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (2016), Asian champion and multiple winner of international tournaments.
Ekaterina Larionova is a bronze medalist at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (2016), a medalist at the World Championships (Budapest 2013) and the Asian Championships.
• Olga Smirnova - won a historic silver medal at the Asian Summer Games in Doha (2006) - it was Kazakhstan's first major award in women's wrestling after Zhaksybekov led the national team.
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