Darkhan Argynovich Bayakhmetov ( kk, Дархан Арғынұлы Баяхметов, ''Darhan Arğynūly Baiahmetov''; born August 21, 1985, in
Oskemen
Oskemen ( kk, Өскемен, translit=Öskemen ), or Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian: Усть-Каменого́рск), is the administrative center of East Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan. Population:
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Shyrgys Qazaqstan) is an amateur Kazakh Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's welterweight category.
He won a gold medal for his division at the
2009 Asian Wrestling Championships
The 2009 Asian Wrestling Championships were held in Pattaya, Thailand. The event took place from May 2 to May 7, 2009.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal summary Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
Women's freestyle
Participating nations ...
in
Pattaya, Thailand
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, and silver at the
2010 Asian Games in
Guangzhou, China
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.
Bayakhmetov made his official debut for the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, where he competed in the
men's 66 kg class. He defeated Germany's
Markus Thätner, and China's
Li Yanyan in the preliminary rounds, before losing out the semi-final match to France's
Steeve Guénot, who was able to score four points in two straight periods, leaving Bayakhmetov with a single point. Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Bayakhmetov automatically qualified for the bronze medal bout, where he was defeated by Belarus'
Mikhail Siamionau
Mikhail Uladzimiravich Siamionau ( be, Міхаіл Сямёнаў) (born 30 July 1984 in Minsk) is a Belarusian wrestler.
Siamionau won a bronze medal in men's Greco-Roman wrestling in the category at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
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, with a three-set technical score (2–0, 1–1, 1–1), and a classification point score of 1–3.
At the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London
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, Bayakhmetov lost the preliminary round of sixteen match of the
men's 66 kg class to Lithuania's
Edgaras Venckaitis
Edgaras Venckaitis (born 12 December 1985 in Tauragė) is a Lithuanian wrestler, who competes in the men's 66 kg Greco-Roman division.
He has competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics where he finished 7th. He lost to eventual champion Kim Hye ...
, with a technical score of 2–6.
References
External links
Profile – International Wrestling Database
1985 births
Living people
Olympic wrestlers for Kazakhstan
Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Oskemen
Asian Games medalists in wrestling
Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games
Kazakhstani male sport wrestlers
Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
21st-century Kazakhstani people
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