Bakhyt Sarsekbayev

Bakhyt Abdirakhmanuly Sarsekbayev (Kazakh: Бақыт Әбдірахманұлы Сәрсекбаев; born 29 November 1981) is a Kazakhastani amateur boxer who won gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Welterweight, and won gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games at Welterweight, and won bronze at the 2002 Asian Games at Light Welterweight.

Bakhyt Sarsekbayev
Personal information
Full nameБақыт Әбдірахманұлы Сәрсекбаев
Nationality Kazakhstan
Born (1981-11-29) 29 November 1981
Pavlodar City, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classLight welterweight, Welterweight
Medal record
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Welterweight
Asian Games
2006 Doha Light welterweight
2002 Busan Light welterweight
Asian Championships
2002 Seremban Light welterweight
2005 Ho Chi Minh City Welterweight
2007 Ulan Bator Welterweight
World University Championships
2006 Almaty Welterweight

Career

The southpaw holds two wins over Cuban fellow southpaw and 2005 world champion Erislandy Lara. He won bronze at the 2002 Asian Games.

He won gold at the 2006 World University Championships, and won gold at the 2006 Asian Games defeating Chinese Kanat Islam.

At the 2007 World Championships, he beat Xavier Noël and PanAm champ Pedro Lima but was upset by Kanat Islam.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he defeated Cuban Carlos Banteaux Suarez in the finals to win a gold medal.

Olympic Games results

2008 (as a welterweight)

  • Defeated Adam Trupish (Canada) 20–1
  • Defeated Vitaly Gruşac (Moldova) RSC 2 (1:18)
  • Defeated Dilshod Mahmudov (Uzbekistan) 12–7
  • Defeated Kim Jung-Joo (South Korea) 10–6
  • Defeated Carlos Banteaux(Cuba) 18-9

World Amateur Championship results

2007 (as a welterweight)

  • Defeated Xavier Noel (France) 18–7
  • Defeated Velidor Vidic (Bosnia) 26–4
  • Defeated Pedro Lima (Brazil) 23–11
  • Lost to Kanat Islam (China) 14–20


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