Aktenge Keunimjaeva (born 19 September 1999) is an Uzbek freestyle wrestler. She is a three-time bronze medalist at the Asian Wrestling Championships. She is also a gold medalist at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and a bronze medalist at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China. Keunimjaeva represented Uzbekistan at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Career
In 2019, Keunimjaeva competed in the women's freestyle 53kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. She was eliminated in her first match by Lianna Montero of Cuba.
Keunimjaeva competed at the 2021 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She lost both her matches and she did not qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
In 2022, Keunimjaeva competed at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. She won the silver medal in the 53kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey. She competed in the 53kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China. She defeated Pooja Gehlot of India in her bronze medal match.
Keunimjaeva competed at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and she earned a quota place for Uzbekistan for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She competed in the women's 50kg event at the Olympics. She was eliminated in her first match by Oksana Livach of Ukraine.
In January 2025, she finished with bronze medal at the Ivan Yarygin tournament in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia.
Achievements
YearTournamentLocationResultEvent2019Asian ChampionshipsXi'an, China 3rdFreestyle 53kg2020Asian ChampionshipsNew Delhi, India 3rdFreestyle 53kg2022Islamic Solidarity GamesKonya, Turkey 2ndFreestyle 53kg 2023Asian ChampionshipsAstana, Kazakhstan 3rdFreestyle 53kgAsian GamesHangzhou, China 3rdFreestyle 50kg2025Islamic Solidarity GamesRiyadh, Saudi Arabia 1stFreestyle 50kg
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