View source for Zhaqsylyq Üshkempirov

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name=
|nickname=
|image =Zhaqsylyq Üshkempirov vs Pavel Khristov 1980.jpg
| image_size     = 
|caption=Üshkempirov (left) at the 1980 Olympics
|birth_date= {{birth-date and age|df=yes|6 May 1951}}
|birth_place= Tegistik, [[Bayzak District]], [[Kazakhstan]]
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height = 156 cm
| weight = 48 kg
|sport=[[Greco-Roman wrestling]]
|event=
|club= 
|alma_mater= 
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCountry | the {{URS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] |[[Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics|-48 kg]]}}
{{MedalWorldChampionships}}
{{MedalGold|[[1981 FILA Wrestling World Championships|1981 Oslo]]| -48 kg}}
{{MedalEuropeanChampionships}}
{{MedalSilver|1980 Prievidza| -48 kg}}
}}

'''Zhaqsylyq Üshkempirov''' ({{lang-kz|Жақсылық Әмірәліұлы Үшкемпіров}}; born 6 May 1951) is a retired 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=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/us/zhaksylyk-ushkempirov-1.html|publisher=Sports Reference }}</ref>

Ushkempirov took up wrestling in 1969 and won the Soviet title in 1975 and 1980. After retiring from competitions he worked as director of a sports school in [[Almaty]] in 1984–1993. In 1993 he founded the sports club Zhaksylyk and served as its president. Since 2001, an annual junior wrestling tournament has been held in Almaty in his honor.<ref name=sref/>

==References==
{{Commons category|Zhaqsylyq Üshkempirov}}
{{Reflist}}

{{Footer Olympic Champions Greco-Roman wrestling light flyweight}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ushkempirov, Zhaksylyk}}
[[Category:1951 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Soviet male sport wrestlers]]
[[Category:Olympic wrestlers of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani male sport wrestlers]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in wrestling]]
[[Category:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour]]
[[Category:World Wrestling Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]

{{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub}}
{{wrestling-bio-stub}}