Bakhtiyar Garifollauly Artayev (, ''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

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. He was also the winner of the Val Barker Trophy for the outstanding boxer of the 2004 Olympics. In recognition of his success, one of the

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sport centres was named after him. In 2012 he was appointed as a president of the

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Biography

Bakhtiyar Artayev was born in 1983 to a

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family in the city of Taraz,

. 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

he had not been considered a favourite in the welterweight division. He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in

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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 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:

: *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

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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

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: *Round of 32: Defeated Said Rachidi 8:2 *Round of 16: Defeated Matvey Korobov 10:7 *Quarterfinals: Lost to

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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

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. 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—

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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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