Team Kyrgyzstan - Profile

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Kyrgyzstan has competed at every Asian Games since it first appeared at the 1994 edition in Hiroshima. The NOC has won most of its medals in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling, although its first gold medal came in athletics when Tatyana Efimenko claimed victory in high jump in 2002.

Male cyclist Eugen Wacker won six medals [five silver, one bronze] between 1994 and 2014 across track and road events. His tally is the most total medals of any Kyrgyzstani athlete at the Asian Games. No athlete competing for the NOC has yet managed to win more than one gold medal.

At the 2018 Games athletes representing Kyrgyzstan won more gold and more total medals than at any previous Games the NOC had competed at. Distance runner Darya Maslova was the only Kyrgyzstani multiple medallist in Indonesia, as she secured gold and silver in the women's 10,000m and 5000m, respectively. The other two gold medallists were freestyle wrestler Aisuluu Tynybekova [women's 62kg] and ju-jitsu practitioner Torokan Bagynbai Uulu in the men's ne-waza 69kg division.

Also in Indonesia, judokas Artur Te [bronze, men's 66kg] and Vladimir Zoloev [bronze, men's 81kg] claimed Kyrgyzstan's first Asian Games medals in judo, while freestyle wrestler Meerim Zhumanazarova was the NOC's youngest medallist in 2018, claiming bronze in the women's 68kg category at age 18 years and 285 days.

Additional Information: Website
http://www.olympic.kg

Anthem Title: Kyrgyz Respublikasynyn Mamlekettik Gimni [National Anthem of the Kyrgyz Republic]

Anthem Composer: Lyrics by Djamil Sadykov and Eshmambet Kuluev, music by Nasyr Davlesov and Kalyi Moldobasanov.

Anthem Inducted: 1992

Official NOC Name: National Olympic Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic

Founding Date: 1991

OCA Recognition Date: 1993

Delegation President: Sadyr Mamytov

Delegation Secretary General: Kylychbek Sarbaghyshev

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