Bekzat Sattarkhanov Explained

Birth Date:	4 April 1980^[1]
Death Date:	31 December 2000 (aged 20)
Birth Place:	Turkistan, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:	Shymkent, Kazakhstan
Sport:	boxing
Height:	169 cm
Weight:	57 kg

Bekzat Seilkhanovich Sattarkhanov (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)

Bibliography

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

Notes and References

1. Bekzat Sattarkhanov . https://web.archive.org/web/20121026042908/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/bekzat-sattarkhanov-1.html . 2012-10-26 . dead.