Daulet Niyazbekov ( kk, Дәулет Шораұлы Ниязбеков; born 12 February 1989) is a Kazakh

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, who was a member of the

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. He competed in the men's freestyle 55 kg and he lost his bronze medal match to World Champion

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. Niyazbekov was a bronze medalist at the World Wrestling Championships 2011 in

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. He won the

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in 2015, as well as bronze at the 2014 and 2017 editions. Niyazbekov competed in the men's freestyle 61 kg at the World Wrestling Championships 2015 in

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, United States. He was eliminated in the quarterfinal rounds, after being defeated by American

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. He has qualified to represent Kazakhstan at the

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in the men's freestyle 65 kg class.

References

External links

bio on fila-wrestling.com
* Living people 1989 births Kazakhstani male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers of Kazakhstan Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 2014 Asian Games World Wrestling Championships medalists Asian Games competitors for Kazakhstan Asian Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics People from Kyzylorda Region {{Kazakhstan-wrestling-bio-stub