Bekzat Seilkhanovich Sattarkhanov (Kazakh: Бекзат Сеилханович Саттарханов; 4 April 1980 – 31 December 2000) was a Kazakh boxer who competed in the men's featherweight division (57 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal.
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| Born | 4 April 1980[1] Turkistan, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 December 2000 (aged 20)[1] Shymkent, Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | boxing | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sattarkhanov died in a car accident in his native Kazakhstan on New Year's Eve 2000. Two others in the car survived.
Olympic results
edit- 2000 won the gold medal at the Sydney Olympics as a Featherweight. Results were:
- Round of 32:Defeated Ovidiu Bobirnat of Romania – PTS (11–5)
- Round of 16:Defeated Jeffrey Mathebula of South Africa – PTS (16–5)
- Quarterfinal:Defeated Ramazan Palyani of Turkey – PTS (12–11)
- Semifinal:Defeated Tahar Tamsamani of Morocco – PTS (22–10)
- Final: Defeated Ricardo Juarez of the United States – PTS (22–14)
References
edit- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bekzat Sattarkhanov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26.
Bibliography
edit- Bekzat [English, Kazakh & Russian Edition], Yeszhan S. Aynabekov & Nesyp Zhunysbayuly, Kazygurt: Almaty 2006, ISBN 9965221804, ISBN 9789965221804.
