Nurzat Nurtaeva (, born 9 January 2002) is a Kyrgyzstani freestyle wrestler who has competed in the 68 kg and 72 kg division. She is a gold medalist at the CIS Games, silver medalist at the Asian Games and a bronze medalist at the Asian and World Championships.
Career In April 2022, Nurtaeva competed in her event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Four months later, she competed in the 72 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey. Also that month, she competed in the U20 World Wrestling Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria, where she lost to Ami Ishii in the gold medal match.
Nurtaeva competed at the 2023 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Astana, Kazakhstan, where in the quarterfinals, she lost to Reetika Hooda, the latter in whom went on to win a bronze medal. In August, she competed in the women's 72kg event at the 2023 CIS Games held in Minsk, Belarus, where she defeated Victoria Radkova in the gold medal match. She then competed in the women's 68kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China, where she lost to Zhou Feng in the gold medal match.
In the first half of 2024, Nurtaeva competed in her event at the Asian Wrestling Championships and U23 Asian Wrestling Championships, winning a gold medal in the latter. She returned to the U23 Asian Wrestling Championships the following year and won the gold medal again. In September 2025, Nurtaeva competed in the 72 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia, where she won a bronze medal. The following month, she competed at the U23 World Wrestling Championships in the 72 kg category, where she won the gold medal.
In April 2026, Nurtaeva competed at the Asian Wrestling Championships and won a bronze medal in the 72 kg category.
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