Tatyana Akhmetova-Amanzhol (also Tatyana Bakatyuk, ; born 17 October 1985 in

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) is an amateur Kazakh freestyle wrestler, who wrestled in the women's flyweight category. In 2009, Bakatyuk won a gold medal for the 51 kg class at the

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, and at the FILA Golden Grand Prix in

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. Bakatyuk represented

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at the

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, where she competed for the women's 48 kg class. She defeated Germany's

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and El Salvador's

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in the preliminary rounds, before losing out the semi-final match to Canada's Carol Huynh, who was able to score five points in two straight periods, leaving Bakatyuk without a single point. Because her opponent advanced further into the final, Bakatyuk automatically qualified for the bronze medal bout, where she was defeated by Azerbaijan's

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, with a technical score of 1–10. At 2020 Asian Championships in New Delhi, she pulled off a stunning victory in the 53kg final over two-time world champion Mayu Mukaida of Japan. Mukaida was leading 8-0 when she attempted to turn Akhmetova-Amanzhol over for the points that would give her a technical fall victory. But Akhmetova-Amanzhol stopped the move midway to catch Mukaida on her back, then secured a victory by fall. It was her first Asian title since winning back-to-back golds in 2013 and 2014. She competed in the women's 53 kg event at the

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in Tokyo, Japan.

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