Bakhtiyar Artayev
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| Medal record | |||
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| Men's Boxing | |||
Competitor for  Kazakhstan |
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 2004 Athens | Welterweight | |
| World Amateur Championships | |||
| Bronze | Mianyang 2005 | Welterweight | |
| Bronze | Chicago 2007 | Middleweight | |
| Asian Games | |||
| Silver | Doha 2006 | Middleweight | |
Bakhtiyar Artayev (born March 14, 1983) is a Kazakhstani boxer who won the gold medal at welterweight (69 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
[edit] Career
In the semifinals he upset Russian two-time champion Oleg Saitov. In the final, Artayev beat Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros of Cuba with a score of 36-26. He was the Winner of the Val Barker Trophy for Outstanding Boxer at the 2004 Olympic Games.
Artayev's Olympic results were 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
He won the bronze medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Mianyang, China and went up to middleweight.
In 2007 he was upset by Alfonso Blanco (boxer) at the World championship.
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