Nurkanat Azhikanov

{{Short description|Kazakhstani karateka (born 2001)}}

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{{Medal|Sport|Men's karate}}

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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2021 Dubai|Kumite 75 kg}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2021 Dubai|Team kumite}}

{{Medal|Competition|Asian Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2022 Hangzhou|Kumite 75 kg}}

{{Medal|Competition| Asian Karate Championships }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2021 Almaty | Team kumite }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2023 Malacca | Kumite 75 kg }}

{{Medal|Silver| 2022 Tashkent | Team kumite }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2021 Almaty | Kumite 75 kg }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2022 Tashkent | Kumite 75 kg }}

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Nurkanat Azhikanov (born 23 February 2001){{Cite web |title=Entry List by Country |url=https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Root/ViewPdf/KTE-------------------------------_C32A_1.0.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709185232/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Root/ViewPdf/KTE-------------------------------_C32A_1.0.pdf |archive-date=9 July 2022 |access-date=9 July 2022 |website=2022 World Games}} is a Kazakhstani Professional karateka, he is currently represents Kazakhstan internationally Kumite (Karate) event.{{Cite news |last= |first= |url=http://accreditation.qtixx.com/wkfranking/ranking_main_competitor.php?ranking_country=KAZ&ranking_competitor=KAZ2028&ranking_competitor_name=AZHIKANOV%20NURKANAT |title=World Karate Profile and Rank |work=Sportdata |access-date=}}

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.{{Cite news |last= |first= |url=https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/ariel-torres-btissam-sadini-and-nurkanat-azhikanov-among-top-karatekas-qualifying-to-the-olympic-games-on-day-2-of-pariskarate2021/1595 |title=riel Torres, Btissam Sadini, and Nurkanat Azhikanov among top karatekas qualifying to the Olympic Games on day 2 of ParisKarate2021 |work=World Karate Federation (WKF) News |access-date=}}{{Cite news |last= |first= |url=https://www.kazkarate.net/en/нурканат_лицензия_токио/ |title=(Русский) ӘЖІҚАНОВ НҰРҚАНАТ ТОКИО-2020 32-ші ЖАЗҒЫ ОЛИМПИАДА ОЙЫНДАРЫНА, ЕРЛЕР АРАСЫНДА, КУМИТЭден, 75 кг САЛМАҒЫНДА ЖЕКЕ ЛИЦЕНЗИЯНЫ ЖЕҢІП АЛДЫ |work=www.kazkarate.net |access-date=}}

He won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2021 Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.{{Cite news |last=Houston |first=Michael |date=21 December 2021 |title=Bronze medals won on penultimate day of Asian Karate Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1117124/asian-karate-championships-almaty |access-date=21 December 2021}}{{Cite web |title=2021 Asian Karate Championships Results Book |url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/449/ResultBook.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222173136/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/449/ResultBook.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2021 |access-date=22 December 2021 |website=Sportdata.org}}

He competed in the men's kumite 75 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.{{Cite web |title=Karate Results Book |url=https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710164133/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf |archive-date=10 July 2022 |access-date=10 July 2022 |website=2022 World Games}} He competed at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.{{Cite web |title=Karate Results Book |url=https://cdn.sportdata.org/4a055a1d-b83c-4a7b-a18a-80a801a00820/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820111044/https://cdn.sportdata.org/4a055a1d-b83c-4a7b-a18a-80a801a00820/ |archive-date=20 August 2022 |access-date=21 August 2022 |website=2021 Islamic Solidarity Games – sportdata.org}}

In 2023, he won the gold medal in his event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Malacca, Malaysia.{{Cite news |last=Burke |first=Patrick |date=22 July 2023 |title=Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Hamedi among winners on day two of AKF Senior Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1139162/akf-champs-2023-day-2 |access-date=23 July 2023}}{{Cite web |title=2023 Asian Karate Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.sportdata.org/23a5fb5b-d010-4bbc-bd0c-b18c8553b3b4/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724195236/https://cdn.sportdata.org/23a5fb5b-d010-4bbc-bd0c-b18c8553b3b4/ |archive-date=24 July 2023 |access-date=24 July 2023 |website=Sportdata.org}} He also won the gold medal in the men's kumite 75{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.

Records

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20192019 KARATE1 SERIES AIstanbul {{flagIOC|TUR|2020 Summer}}ParticipateIndividual -75 Kg Kumite
201918th Asian Junior, Cadet & Under 21 Karate ChampionshipsKota Kinabalu {{flagIOC|MAS|2020 Summer}}ParticipateU -84 Kg Kumite
2018Karate 1 Youth LeagueSofia {{flagIOC|BUL|2020 Summer}}ParticipateJunior -76 Kg Kumite
201717th Asian Junior, Cadet & Under 21 Karate ChampionshipsOkinawa {{flagIOC|JPN|2020 Summer}}ParticipateJunior -76 Kg Kumite
201710th World Junior, Cadet & Under 21 Karate ChampionshipsTenerife {{flagIOC|ESP|2020 Summer}}ParticipateJunior -76 Kg Kumite
201716th Asian Junior, Cadet & Under 21 Karate ChampionshipsAstana {{flagIOC|KAZ|2020 Summer}}{{silver medal}}Junior -76 Kg Kumite
201710th WKF Training Camp & Karate 1 Youth CupUmag {{flagIOC|CRO|2020 Summer}}ParticipateJunior -76 Kg Kumite
20159th World Junior, Cadet & Under 21 Karate ChampionshipsJakarta {{flagIOC|INA|2020 Summer}}ParticipateJunior -76 Kg Kumite

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