Akzhurek Dostykuly Tanatarov ( kz, Ақжүрек Достықұлы Таңатаров; born 3 September 1986) is a Kazakh

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 ...

. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, th ...

he was defeated in the semifinal round of the 66 kg freestyle event by

Sushil Kumar Sushil Kumar Solanki (born 26 May 1983) is a former Indian wrestler. He carried the Indian flag at the opening ceremony of 2012 London Olympics. His 2008 Olympic medal was second for India in wrestling, and the first since Khashaba Dadasaheb J ...

of India. He won a bronze medal in the repechage round, beating

Ramazan Şahin Ramazan Şahin (born Ramzan Irbaikhanov, russian: Рамзан Ирбайханов, on 8 July 1983) is a Russian- Turkish freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent. He won gold medals at the 2007 World Championships, 2008 European Championships, a ...

in his bronze medal match.

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* 1986 births Sportspeople from Almaty Olympic wrestlers for Kazakhstan Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Kazakhstani male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists Asian Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Kazakhstani people {{Kazakhstan-sport-bio-stub