Kyrgyzstan at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...
competed at the
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in
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, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Olympics in the post-Soviet era. The
National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan National Olympic Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic ( ky, Кыргызстан улуттук олимпиада комитети), (also referred to as the Kyrgyz Republic) an organization representing Kyrgyzstan in the international Olympic mov ...
fielded a squad of 19 athletes, 12 men and 7 women, to compete in six different sports at the Games. Although its full roster was larger by five athletes than in London four years earlier, this was still one of Kyrgyzstan's smallest delegations sent to the Olympics. Kyrgyzstan made its Olympic return in boxing after an eight-year absence. The Kyrgyzstan roster featured seven returning Olympians, with marathon runner
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attending her third straight Games as the oldest and most experienced participant (aged 32). Four of the returnees hailed from the wrestling team, including Asian Games bronze medalist Aisuluu Tynybekova, and veteran
Janarbek Kenjeev Janarbek Kenjeev (also ''Zhanarbek Kenzheyev'', russian: Жанарбек Кенжеев; born August 5, 1985, in Talas) is an amateur Kyrgyz Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's light heavyweight category. Considered one of Asia's to ...
, who qualified for his second Games after he debuted in
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. Other notable Kyrgyz athletes included 16-year-old
Denis Petrashov Denis Petrashov (born February 1, 2000) is a Kyrgyzstani competitive swimmer. He competed in thMen's 200-meter breaststrokeevent at the 2016 Summer Olympics and both the Men's 100-meter (swimming a 1:00.23, setting a Kyrgyzstani national reco ...
, who succeeded his father and three-time Olympian
Yevgeny Petrashov Yevgeny Petrashov (born September 4, 1974) is a Kyrgyzstani former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. He is a three-time Olympian (1996, 2000, and 2004), and a former Kyrgyzstan record holder in both 100 and 200 m breaststroke. Bio ...
to compete in swimming, and light heavyweight boxer
Erkin Adylbek Uulu Erkin Adylbek Uulu (born 14 February 1991) is a Kyrgyzstani boxer. He is 1.9m tall (6'3ft). He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's light heavyweight event, in which he was eliminated in the round of 32 by Juan Carlos Carrillo. He ...
, who led his delegation as the flag bearer in the opening ceremony. For the second Olympics in a row, Kyrgyzstan failed to win a single medal in Rio de Janeiro. On August 18, 2016, the
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stripped weightlifter Izzat Artykov of his bronze medal after testing positive for the stimulant
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. Meanwhile, several athletes on the Kyrgyzstan roster narrowly missed out of the podium, including Tynybekova, her wrestling teammate Arsen Eraliev (both placed fifth in their respective weight categories), and judoka
Iurii Krakovetskii Iurii Krakovetskii (born 27 August 1992 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) is a Kyrgyzstani judoka. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an int ...
(seventh, men's +100 kg).


Athletics

Kyrgyz athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): ;Track & road events


Boxing

Kyrgyzstan has entered one boxer to compete in the men's light heavyweight division into the Olympic boxing tournament. Erkin Adylbek Uulu claimed his Olympic spot with a box-off victory at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Qian'an,
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Judo

Kyrgyzstan has qualified two judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games.
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2012 Olympian
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was ranked among the top 14 eligible judokas for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Otar Bestaev at men's extra-lightweight (60 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the Asian region, as Kyrgyzstan's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position.


Swimming

Kyrgyzstan has received a Universality invitation from
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to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.


Weightlifting

Kyrgyzstan has qualified one male weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top seven national finish at the 2016 Asian Championships. Meanwhile, an unused women's Olympic spot was added to the Kyrgyz weightlifting team by IWF, as a response to the vacancy of women's quota places in the individual World Rankings and to the "multiple positive cases" of doping on several nations. The team must allocate places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.


Wrestling

Kyrgyzstan has qualified a total of six wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament. Two of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots each in men's freestyle 97 kg and men's Greco-Roman 59 kg at the 2015 World Championships, while four further berths were awarded to Kyrgyz wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament. One further wrestler claimed the remaining Olympic slot in men's Greco-Roman 66 kg to round out the Kyrgyz roster at the
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. On May 11, 2016,
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decided to replace an Olympic license from Kyrgyzstan in men's Greco-Roman 85 kg with the men's freestyle 125 kg, as a response to the doping violations at the Asian Qualification Tournament, but it was redistributed two months later, following the recent
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