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Bakhyt Sarsekbayev

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Bakhyt Sar
Personal information
Full nameБақыт Әбдірахманұлы Сәрсекбаев
Nationality Kazakhstan
Born (1981-11-29) 29 November 1981 (age 42)
Pavlodar, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classLight welterweight, Welterweight
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Welterweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Light welterweight
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan Light welterweight
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Seremban Light welterweight
Gold medal – first place 2005 Ho Chi Minh City Welterweight
Gold medal – first place 2007 Ulan Bator Welterweight
World University Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Almaty Welterweight

Bakhyt Abdirakhmanuly Sarsekbayev (Kazakh: Бақыт Әбдірахманұлы Сәрсекбаев; born 29 November 1981) is a Kazakhastani amateur boxer who won gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Welterweight, and won gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games at Welterweight, and won bronze at the 2002 Asian Games at Light Welterweight.

Career

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The southpaw holds two wins over Cuban fellow southpaw and 2005 world champion Erislandy Lara. He won bronze at the 2002 Asian Games.

He won gold at the 2006 World University Championships, and won gold at the 2006 Asian Games defeating Chinese Kanat Islam.

At the 2007 World Championships, he beat Xavier Noël and PanAm champ Pedro Lima but was upset by Kanat Islam.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he defeated Cuban Carlos Banteaux Suarez in the finals to win a gold medal.

Olympic Games results

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2008 (as a welterweight)

World Amateur Championship results

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2007 (as a welterweight)

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