Bakhyt Abdirakhmanuly Sarsekbayev (; born 29 November 1981) is a Kazakhastani amateur

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who won gold at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

Welterweight Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term ''welterweight'' was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify th ...

, and won gold medal at the

2006 Asian Games The 2006 Asian Games (), officially known as the XV Asiad or 15th Asian Games (, and commonly known as Doha 2006 (), were an Asian multi-sport event held in Doha, Qatar, from December 1 to 15, 2006, with 424 events in 39 sports featured in the ga ...

at Welterweight, and won bronze at the

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games, officially known as the XIV Asian Games and also known as Busan 2002 (), were an international multi-sport event held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002. Due to schedule impediments the football tour ...

at Light Welterweight.

Career

The southpaw holds two wins over Cuban fellow southpaw and 2005 world champion

Erislandy Lara Erislandy Lara Santoya (born 11 April 1983) is a Cuban-American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the World Boxing Association (WBA) middleweight title since 2023 ( Regular version from ...

. He won bronze at the 2002 Asian Games. He won gold at the

2006 World University Championships The 2006 World University Championships are the World Championships organized by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) in 2006. 27 World University Championships were organized attracting 5,852 participants from a total of 209 (of wh ...

, and won gold at the

defeating Chinese

Kanat Islam Kanat Islam (; zh, s=哈那提斯拉木, p=Hanati Silamu; born 13 September 1984) is a Chinese-born Kazakhstani professional boxer who currently lives and trains in Miami. As an amateur, he represented China, winning bronze medals at the 2008 ...

. At the 2007 World Championships, he beat

Xavier Noël Xavier Noel (born July 11, 1976, in Les Abymes, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a French welterweight amateur boxer who won silver at the 2004 European Championships and participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics. Career At the European Championsh ...

and PanAm champ Pedro Lima but was upset by Kanat Islam. At the

, he defeated Cuban Carlos Banteaux Suarez in the finals to win a gold medal.

Olympic Games results

2008 (as a welterweight) *Defeated Adam Trupish (Canada) 20–1 *Defeated

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(Moldova) RSC 2 (1:18) *Defeated

Dilshod Mahmudov Dilshod Mahmudov (Дильшод Махмудов; born November 30, 1982) is a retired professional Boxing, boxer from Uzbekistan who won several medals in international tournaments. Career Formally of Uzbekistan, Dilshod Mahmudov is now base ...

(Uzbekistan) 12–7 *Defeated Kim Jung-Joo (South Korea) 10–6 *Defeated Carlos Banteaux(Cuba) 18-9

World Amateur Championship results

2007 (as a welterweight) *Defeated Xavier Noel (France) 18–7 *Defeated Velidor Vidic (Bosnia) 26–4 *Defeated Pedro Lima (Brazil) 23–11 *Lost to

(China) 14–20

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarsekbayev, Bakhyt 1981 births Living people Kazakhstani male boxers Welterweight boxers Olympic boxers for Kazakhstan Olympic medalists in boxing Olympic gold medalists for Kazakhstan Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in boxing Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games bronze medalists for Uzbekistan Boxers at the 2002 Asian Games Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Sportspeople from Pavlodar 21st-century Kazakhstani sportsmen