Zaynab Dayibekova

Dayibekova was born on November 19, 2002 in the Republic of Karakalpakstan,Nukus region. She has been practicing fencing since 2015 and she is left-handed sabre fencer. Her first coach is Daurbek Jiermuratov. She was a student of the Nukus branch of the Uzbekistan State University of Physical Education and Sports.[4][2][5][6]

In 2018, at the Asian Junior Fencing Championship in the UAE, she won a bronze medal.[7][8][9][10] In 2019, at the Junior Women's Sabre World Cup in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she won a gold medal by defeating Nisonur Erbil of Turkey in the final with a score of 15:12. [11][12][13][14] In 2021, at the Asia-Oceania Fencing Qualification Tournament, Zaynab Dayibekova secured a spot in the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.[15] In the final match for the qualification, she defeated Aigerim Saribay from Kazakhstan with a score of 15:6.[16] On June 30, 2021, in honor of Youth Day, the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, awarded Zaynab the "Shuhrat" medal.[17][18][19][20] In the same year, she finished seventh at the Junior World Fencing Championship in Cairo, Egypt.[21][22]

At the XXXII Summer Olympics, Zaynab began her performance with a victory over Japanese fencer Tika Aoki with a score of 15:9. In the second stage, she defeated the Asian silver medalist, Chinese fencer Shao Yaci, with a score of 15:10. In the round of 16, she once again secured a victory, this time over Korean fencer Yun Ji Soo with a score of 15:12. In the quarter-finals, she faced Hungarian fencer Anna Marton, a medalist at world and European championships, but lost with a score of 11:15. [23][24] In 2021, the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, awarded Zaynab the "Jasorat" medal for her outstanding contribution to the development of the Olympic movement.[25][26][17][27] In 2023, she won a gold medal at the Asian Senior Fencing Championship in Wuxi, China.[28][3]

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