What is Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov?
[[File:Zhaqsylyq Üshkempirov vs Pavel Khristov 1980 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov in 1980]] '''Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov''' (6 May 1951 &ndash; 2 August 2020) was a light-flyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from [[Kazakhstan]]. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1980 and a world title in 1981.<ref name=sref>{{cite web|title=Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/us/zhaksylyk-ushkempirov-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111053/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/us/zhaksylyk-ushkempirov-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |publisher=Sports Reference }}</ref> Ushkempirov took up wrestling in 1969 and won the Soviet title in 1975 and 1980. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ushkempirov, Zhaksylyk}} [[Category:1951 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Olympic medalists for Kazakhstan]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists]] [[Category:Wrestlers]] {{sports-bio-stub}}