Nurkanat Azhikanov

Nurkanat Azhikanov (born 23 February 2001)[2] is a Kazakhstani Professional karateka, he is currently represents Kazakhstan internationally Kumite (Karate) event.[3]

Nurkanat Azhikanov
Personal information
Born (2001-02-23) 23 February 2001[1]
Sport
CountryKazakhstan
SportKarate
Weight class75 kg
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing  Kazakhstan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2021 DubaiKumite 75 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 DubaiTeam kumite
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouKumite 75 kg
Asian Karate Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Almaty Team kumite
Gold medal – first place 2023 Malacca Kumite 75 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tashkent Team kumite
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Almaty Kumite 75 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tashkent Kumite 75 kg

Career
  • He won the silver medal in Junior individual Kumite male -76 kg in 16th Junior Asian Karate Championships in Kazakhstan in the year of 2017

He qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France to represent Kazakhstan in Men’s -75 Kg Kumite Category at the Karate competition of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4][5]

He won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2021 Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[6][7]

He competed in the men's kumite 75 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[8] He competed at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[9]

In 2023, he won the gold medal in his event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Malacca, Malaysia.[10][11] He also won the gold medal in the men's kumite 75 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.

Records
Competition Results
YEAR COMPETITION VENUE RANK/POSITION EVENT
20192019 KARATE1 SERIES AIstanbul  TurkeyParticipateIndividual -75 Kg Kumite
201918th Asian Junior, Cadet & Under 21 Karate ChampionshipsKota Kinabalu  MalaysiaParticipateU -84 Kg Kumite
2018Karate 1 Youth LeagueSofia  BulgariaParticipateJunior -76 Kg Kumite
201717th Asian Junior, Cadet & Under 21 Karate ChampionshipsOkinawa  JapanParticipateJunior -76 Kg Kumite
201710th World Junior, Cadet & Under 21 Karate ChampionshipsTenerife  SpainParticipateJunior -76 Kg Kumite
201716th Asian Junior, Cadet & Under 21 Karate ChampionshipsAstana  Kazakhstan SilverJunior -76 Kg Kumite
201710th WKF Training Camp & Karate 1 Youth CupUmag  CroatiaParticipateJunior -76 Kg Kumite
20159th World Junior, Cadet & Under 21 Karate ChampionshipsJakarta  IndonesiaParticipateJunior -76 Kg Kumite

References
  1. "Nurkanat AZHIKANOV Biography, Olympic Medals, Records and Age". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2021-11-06.
  2. "Entry List by Country" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. "World Karate Profile and Rank". Sportdata.
  4. "riel Torres, Btissam Sadini, and Nurkanat Azhikanov among top karatekas qualifying to the Olympic Games on day 2 of ParisKarate2021". World Karate Federation (WKF) News.
  5. "(Русский) ӘЖІҚАНОВ НҰРҚАНАТ ТОКИО-2020 32-ші ЖАЗҒЫ ОЛИМПИАДА ОЙЫНДАРЫНА, ЕРЛЕР АРАСЫНДА, КУМИТЭден, 75 кг САЛМАҒЫНДА ЖЕКЕ ЛИЦЕНЗИЯНЫ ЖЕҢІП АЛДЫ". www.kazkarate.net.
  6. Houston, Michael (21 December 2021). "Bronze medals won on penultimate day of Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  7. "2021 Asian Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). Sportdata.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  8. "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  9. "Karate Results Book". 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games – sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  10. Burke, Patrick (22 July 2023). "Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Hamedi among winners on day two of AKF Senior Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  11. "2023 Asian Karate Championships Results Book". Sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.


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