Nurlan Dombayev

Nurlan Dombayev
Personal information
Nationality Kazakhstan
Born (1981-08-15) 15 August 1981
Atyrau, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Sport
Country Kazakhstan
SportPara Taekwondo
F44
Weight class
-75 kg, -80 kg
Medal record
Men's Para Taekwondo
Representing  Kazakhstan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 London-75 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Antalya-75 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 Istanbul-80 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2021 Istanbul-80 kg
Asian Para Games
Bronze medal – third place2022 Hangzhou-80 kg

Nurlan Dombayev (born 15 August 1981) is a Kazakhstani para-taekwondo practitioner who competes in the F44 classification. Having competed in the -75 and later -80 kg category, he is a gold medalist at the 2017 and 2019 World Para Taekwondo Championships, and a bronze medalist at the 2021 European Para Taekwondo Championships and 2022 Asian Para Games.

Early life

Dombayev was born in Atyrau, Atyrau Region on 15 August 1981.[1]

Career

In the 2017 and 2019 World Championships Dombayev won the gold medal, both in the 75 kg category.[2]

On 3 September 2021, at the men's 75 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, Dombayev was eliminated by Mahdi Pourrahnama in the semifinals.[3] He then lost to Juan Samorano in a bronze medal match.[4] On 23 September, at the 2021 European Para Taekwondo Championships, Dombayev won a bronze medal.[5]

At the 2022 Asian Para Games in October 2023, Dombayev won a bronze medal.[6] At the World Championships in September 2023, he was eliminated by Joo Jeong-hun in the quarterfinals.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Nurlan Dombayev". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "After Worlds and Asian glory, Kazakh's Nurlan Dombayev targets Paralympic gold". paralympic.org. 16 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Mahdi Pourrahnama". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  4. ↑ Houston, Michael (3 September 2021). "Gjessing wins long-awaited Paralympic taekwondo gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Results" (PDF). Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Medalists by weight categories" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "GBR's Bush returns to top form with second Worlds title; Truesdale emerges winner again". World Taekwondo. 24 September 2023.
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