Mukhtarkhan Qabylanbekuly Dildabekov (, ''Mūhtarhan Qabylanbekūly Dıldäbekov''; born March 19, 1976) is a Kazakh boxer, best known to win the silver medal in the Super Heavyweight division (+91 kg) at the

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Career

At the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in

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he also won silver losing to Sinan Şamil Sam. In 2000 at the Olympics he lost to the

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. On his way to the final, he has beaten

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and the Uzbek fighter Rustam Saidov. Results: *Defeated Grzegorz Kiełsa (Poland) 16-5 *Defeated

(Cuba) 25-12 *Defeated Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan) 28-22 *Lost to

(Great Britain) 16-30 He won gold at the Asian Games 1998 but had to settle for silver in 2002 and 2006 losing twice to Saidov. 2004 he finished third. 2003 at the world championships he lost to Sebastian Köber. He beat him at the Olympics in Athens 2004, but lost to in an early round to eventual winner

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. Dildabekov qualified for the 2004 Athens Games by ending up in first place at the

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, PR China. In the decisive final match of the event, he defeated Kyrgyzstan's Ruslan Abasov.

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1976 births Living people Martial artists from Shymkent Super-heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Kazakhstan Olympic boxers for Kazakhstan Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1998 Asian Games Boxers at the 2002 Asian Games Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games Kazakhstani male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games {{Kazakhstan-Olympic-medalist-stub