Bakhtiyar Garifollauly Artayev ( kk, Бақтияр Ғарифоллаұлы Артаев, ''Baqtiiar Ğarifollaūly Artaev''; born 14 March 1983) is a Kazakh

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who won the gold medal for

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at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also the winner of the

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for the outstanding boxer of the 2004 Olympics. In recognition of his success, one of the Taraz sport centres was named after him. In 2012 he was appointed as a president of the

Astana Presidential Sports Club The 'Astana' Presidential Club ( kk, Astana Prezidenttik Kluby) is a Sports club, multi-sports club established under the initiative of Nursultan Nazarbayev in 2012. The main aim of the Club is to support and develop professional sports and sports ...

Biography

Bakhtiyar Artayev was born in 1983 to a Muslim family in the city of

Taraz Taraz ( kz, Тараз, تاراز, translit=Taraz ; known to Europeans as Talas) is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Region in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas (Taraz) River in the south of the country near the border with Kyrgyzs ...

. He is the son of Qaribullah (Karipulla) Artayev. Bakhtiyar won his first competition, a regional children's tournament, trained by Nurlan Akurpekov, who still coaches him today. Before the 2004 Summer Olympics he tended to play second fiddle in the Kazakhstan boxing team, fighting only in Kazakhstan amateur tournaments. Nevertheless, he participated in 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships, where he lost in the quarterfinals. Before the 2004 Summer Olympics he had not been considered as a favourite in a welterweight division. He qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in first place in the

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. In the final he defeated Iran's S Karimi Ahmedabad. Surprisingly, in Athens he easily advanced into semi-finals where he defeated the two-time Olympic champion Oleg Saitov from Russia. In the final, Bakhtiyar defeated a Cuban boxer Lorenzo Aragon, who had not lost a bout for a year and a half. Artayev won the bronze medal at the

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in Mianyang, China and went up to middleweight. Artayev's results are as follows: 2004 Summer Olympics: *Round of 32: Defeated Willy Bertrand Tankeu (Cameroon) Wipeout points stoppage *Round of 16: Defeated Aliasker Bashirov (Turkmenistan) 33–23 *Quarterfinals: Defeated Viktor Polyakov (Ukraine) RSC-3 (0:50) *Semifinals: Defeated Oleg Saitov (Russia) 20–18 *Gold Medal Match: Defeated Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros (Cuba) 36–26 2007 World Championship: *Round of 64: Defeated Nakani Giorgi RSCI R2 (1:43) *Round of 32: Defeated CHO Deok-Jin RSC R4 (0:55) *Round of 16: Defeated Prasathinphimai Suriya 20:7 *Quarterfinals: Defeated Said Rachidi 19:11 *Semifinals: Lost to Alfonso Blanco 7:15 2008 Summer Olympics: *Round of 32: Defeated Said Rachidi 8:2 *Round of 16: Defeated Matvey Korobov 10:7 *Quarterfinals: Lost to James Degale 3:8

Career

Since June 2009 – Director of the Bakhtiyar Artayev Boxing Palace in his native

. In July 2009, he was appointed akim of Aishabibinsky rural district of Zhambyl district. Since November 23, 2009 – Head of the Department of Tourism, Physical Culture and Sports of

Jambyl Region Jambyl or Zhambyl Region ( kk, Жамбыл облысы, translit=Jambyl oblysy; russian: Жамбылская область, Zhambylskaya oblast), formerly known as Dzhambul Region (russian: Джамбульская область, Dzhambulska ...

. Since December 24, 2012 – President of the Presidential Professional Sports Club "Astana". November 3, 2013 – was a commentator during the Golovkin– Stevens fight on the KAZsport TV channel. On November 14, 2013, he joined the WSB commission. In 2014, he went to study in

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, lived there for 1.5 years. Since 2016 – Director of Tarlan Batyrlary LLP. On March 19, 2017, he was an expert during the reporting of the Golovkin— Jacobs duel, together with Serik Sapiev. In February 2018, he was appointed general manager of the semi-professional boxing club "Astana Arlans". In June 2021, Bakhtiar Artayev received the position of the state boxing coach of Kazakhstan. On February 11, 2022, Bakhtiar Artayev resigned from the post of Vice President and state coach of the Boxing Federation of Kazakhstan, after supporting Arman Dzhumageldiyev, known as Wild Arman.

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