Serik Kerimbekuly Konakbaev ( kk, Серік Керімбекұлы Қонақбаев, ''Serık Kerımbekūly Qonaqbaev''; russian: Серик Керимбекович Конакбаев; born October 25, 1959 in

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) is a retired Kazakh amateur

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, who represented the

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at the

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. There he won the silver medal in the

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division (– 63.5 kg), after being defeated in the final by

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. Two years later he once again captured the silver medal, this time at the

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Olympics

1980 Olympic results

* Defeated

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(Romania) by unanimous decision, 5–0 * Defeated Imre Bácskai (Hungary) RET 2 * Defeated

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(Puerto Rico) by walkover * Defeated José Aguilar (Cuba) by majority decision, 4–1 * Lost to

(Italy) by majority decision, 1–4

1984 Olympics

Konakbayev came to attention of

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, and after the Soviet Olympic authorities announced the USSR team wouldn't show up at the

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, where Konakbayev had genuine chances to compete for the gold medal at the welterweight event of the Games, Cosell said:Howard Cosell on the 1984 Summer Olympics boxing

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