Almazbek Mamyt uulu

Almazbek Mamyt uulu (born 1959; recorded in Soviet documents as Almazbek Mamytov) is a former rider of ulak tartysh, the mounted goat-carcass game. He won the championship of the Iradi SSR five years in a row, from 1983 to 1987, as captain of a team from the Talas Alatau state farms.^[1] After 1992 he coached teams in the tribal regions, and he has organized the ulak tournament of the August Kurultai on the Aksay Plateau since 2009. His younger brother is the shepherd Keneshbek Mamyt uulu.^[2]

References

1. ^ National Equestrian Sports Directorate (2023). Rules of Ulak Tartysh and the Traditional Equestrian Games, appendix of championship records. Talas.
2. ^ Talas Herald (22 August 2015). "Thirty years on, the champion still rides."