Daniyar Kaisanov (born 18 July 1993) is a

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

. He is a two-time gold medalist at the

Asian Wrestling Championships Asian Wrestling Championships is the Wrestling Asian Championship organized by the Asian Associated Wrestling Committee (AAWC). The men's tournament began in 1979 and The women's tournament was first staged in 1996, and it has been held every year. ...

, a silver medalist at the

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and a bronze medalist at the

World Wrestling Championships The World Wrestling Championships are the Amateur Wrestling World Championships organized by United World Wrestling. The Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling tournament began in 1904, and the Men's Freestyle Wrestling tournament began in 1951. The Women's ...

. He also represented Kazakhstan at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

held in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

Kaisanov represented Kazakhstan at the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 A ...

and he won the silver medal in the men's 74kg event. In the final, he lost against

Bekzod Abdurakhmonov Bekzod Makhamadzhonovich Abdurakhmonov (russian: Бекзод Махамаджонович Абдурахмонов; born 15 March 1990) is an Uzbekistani freestyle wrestler and mixed martial artist. He won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Ga ...

of Uzbekistan. Kaisanov won the gold medal in the men's 74 kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China. In 2020, he also won the gold medal in the men's 74 kg event at the

held in New Delhi, India. In 2019, Kaisanov competed at the

in the men's 74kg event. At the time he didn't win the bronze medal but he was awarded one of the bronze medals after

Zelimkhan Khadjiev Zelimkhan Khadjiev (russian: Зелимхан Хаджиев; born May 20, 1994 in Dagestan) is a Russian- French freestyle wrestler of Chechen heritage. He competed in the men's freestyle 74 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he w ...

tested positive for doping. As a result, he qualified to represent Kazakhstan at the

in Tokyo, Japan. In March 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in the 74 kg event at the

Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 The Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 was a wrestling event held in Ostia, Rome, Italy between 4 and 7 of March 2021. The first United World Wrestling United World Wrestling (UWW) is the international governing body for the sport of amat ...

held in Rome, Italy. In June 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 74 kg event at the 2021 Waclaw Ziolkowski Memorial held in Warsaw, Poland. He lost his bronze medal match against

of Uzbekistan in the men's 74kg event at the

held in Tokyo, Japan.

Achievements

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaisanov, Daniyar Living people 1993 births Place of birth missing (living people) Kazakhstani male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in wrestling Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games World Wrestling Championships medalists Asian Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers for Kazakhstan 21st-century Kazakhstani people