Bakhyt Abdirakhmanuly Sarsekbayev ( kk, Бақыт Әбдірахманұлы Сәрсекбаев; born 29 November 1981) is a Kazakhastani amateur

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who won gold at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

Welterweight Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify the ...

, and won gold medal at the

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at Welterweight, and won bronze at the

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ...

at Light Welterweight.

Career

The southpaw holds two wins over Cuban fellow southpaw and 2005 world champion

Erislandy Lara Erislandy Lara Santoya (born 11 April 1983) is a Cuban-American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the WBA (Regular) middleweight title since 2021. Previously he held various versions ...

. He won bronze at the 2002 Asian Games. He won gold at the

2006 World University Championships The 2006 World University Championships are the World Championships organized by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) in 2006. 27 World University Championships were organized attracting 5,852 participants from a total of 209 (of wh ...

, and won gold at the

defeating Chinese

Kanat Islam Kanat Islam ( kk, Қанат Ислам, Qanat İslam; zh, s=哈那提斯拉木, p=Hanati Silamu; born 13 September 1984) is a Chinese-born Kazakhstani professional boxer who currently lives and trains in Miami. As an amateur, he represented C ...

. At the 2007 World Championships, he beat

Xavier Noël Xavier Noel (born July 11, 1976, in Les Abymes, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a French welterweight amateur boxer who won silver at the 2004 European Championships and participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics. Career At the European Champi ...

and PanAm champ Pedro Lima but was upset by Kanat Islam. At the

, 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 Dilshod Mahmudov (Дильшод Махмудов; born November 30, 1982) is a retired professional boxer from Uzbekistan who won several medals in international tournaments. Career Formally of Uzbekistan, Dilshod Mahmudov is now based at BHS ...

(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

(China) 14–20

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* 1981 births Living people Kazakhstani male boxers Welterweight boxers Olympic boxers for Kazakhstan Olympic medalists in boxing Olympic gold medalists for Kazakhstan Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in boxing Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games bronze medalists for Uzbekistan Boxers at the 2002 Asian Games Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Sportspeople from Pavlodar 21st-century Kazakhstani people {{Kazakhstan-boxing-bio-stub