Bekzat Sattarkhanov

Kazakhstani boxer

Bekzat Sattarkhanov

Personal information

Born

4 April 1980^[1]
Turkistan, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union

Died

31 December 2000 (aged 20)^[1]
Shymkent, Kazakhstan

Height

169 cm (5 ft 7 in)

Weight

57 kg (126 lb)

Sport

boxing

Medal record

Representing KAZ

	2000 Sydney	Featherweight
Asian Championships
	1999 Tashkent	Featherweight

Bekzat Seilkhanovich Sattarkhanov (Kazakh: Бекзат Сеилханович Саттарханов; 4 April 1980 – 31 December 2000) was a Kazakh boxer who competed in the men's featherweight division (57 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal.

Sattarkhanov died in a car accident in his native Kazakhstan on New Year's Eve 2000. Two others in the car survived.

Olympic results

2000 won the gold medal at the Sydney Olympics as a Featherweight. Results were:
- Round of 32:Defeated Ovidiu Bobirnat of Romania – PTS (11–5)
- Round of 16:Defeated Jeffrey Mathebula of South Africa – PTS (16–5)
- Quarterfinal:Defeated Ramazan Palyani of Turkey – PTS (12–11)
- Semifinal:Defeated Tahar Tamsamani of Morocco – PTS (22–10)
- Final: Defeated Ricardo Juarez of the United States – PTS (22–14)

References

^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bekzat Sattarkhanov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26.

Bibliography

Bekzat [English, Kazakh & Russian Edition], Yeszhan S. Aynabekov & Nesyp Zhunysbayuly, Kazygurt: Almaty 2006, ISBN 9965221804, ISBN 9789965221804.

Olympic boxing champions – men's featherweight

1904: 115–125 lb (52.2–56.7 kg) · 1908: 116–126 lb (52.6–57.2 kg) · 1920–1928: 118–126 lb (53.5–57.2 kg) · 1932–1936: 119–126 lb (54.0–57.2 kg) · 1948: 54–58 kg · 1952–2008: 54–57kg · 2020–: 53–57 kg