Bekzat Sattarkhanov

Olympic medal record
Men's boxing
	2000 Sydney	Featherweight
Asian Championships
	1999 Tashkent	Featherweight

Bekzat Sattarkhanov (Kazakh: Бекзат Саттарханов; April 4, 1980 in Turkistan — December 31, 2000 in Shymkent) 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)

External links

Olympic profile

Olympic boxing champions in 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: 54–57 kg

1904: Oliver Kirk (USA) 1908: Richard Gunn (GBR) 1920: Paul Fritsch (FRA) 1924: Jackie Fields (USA) 1928: Bep van Klaveren (NED) 1932: Carmelo Robledo (ARG) 1936: Oscar Casanovas (ARG) 1948: Ernesto Formenti (ITA) 1952: Ján Zachara (TCH) 1956: Vladimir Safronov (URS) 1960: Francesco Musso (ITA) 1964: Stanislav Stepashkin (URS) 1968: Antonio Roldán (MEX) 1972: Boris Kuznetsov (URS) 1976: Ángel Herrera (CUB) 1980: Rudi Fink (GDR) 1984: Meldrick Taylor (USA) 1988: Giovanni Parisi (ITA) 1992: Andreas Tews (GER) 1996: Somluck Kamsing (THA) 2000: Bekzat Sattarkhanov (KAZ) 2004: Aleksei Tishchenko (RUS) 2008: Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR)

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