Bakhtiyar Baiseitov (wrestler)

Bakhtiyar Bagasharovich Baiseitov (Kazakh: Бахтияр Багашарович Байсеитов; born September 29, 1971) is a Kazakh former amateur Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's middleweight category.[1] Baiseitov wrestled for the Kazakh squad in two editions of the Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000), finishing eleventh in Atlanta and tenth in Sydney, respectively. Outside the Games, Baiseitov produced a career tally of six medals in a major international competition, including his middleweight titles that he received each at the World Championships and at the Asian Games in 1998. Baiseitov trained throughout his wrestling career for Professional Sport Club Daulet in Almaty under his personal coach and 1988 silver medalist Daulet Turlykhanov of the former Soviet Union.[2]

Bakhtiyar Baiseitov
Personal information
Full nameBakhtiyar Bagasharovich Baiseitov
Nationality Kazakhstan
Born (1971-09-29) 29 September 1971
Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
StyleGreco-Roman
ClubProfessional Sport Club Daulet
CoachDaulet Turlykhanov
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Kazakhstan
World Championships
1998 Gävle76 kg
1995 Prague74 kg
Asian Games
1998 Bangkok76 kg
Asian Championships
2000 Seoul74 kg
2005 Wuhan74 kg
1996 Xiaoshan74 kg

Baiseitov made his Olympic debut in Atlanta 1996, competing in the men's welterweight category (74 kg). Despite losing his first match to Cuban wrestler and eventual champion Filiberto Azcuy (9–0), Baiseitov bounced back from his early defeat to pin Mexico's Rodolfo Hernández; however, he could not hold Poland's Józef Tracz tightly on the mat with a 1–2 shutout and lost the match in his next bout, dropping him to eleventh overall.[3]

Baiseitov reached the pinnacle of his wrestling career, when he scored an enormous upset over the reigning Olympic titleholder Azcuy to win a gold medal at the 1998 World Championships in Gävle, Sweden.[4] Baiseitov's success continued by edging past Japan's Takamitsu Katayama (5–4) to claim the middleweight title at the Asian Games three months later in Bangkok.

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Baiseitov qualified for his second Kazakh team in the men's middleweight division (76 kg). Six months earlier, he defeated Egypt's Ahmed Fahme to round off the podium with a bronze and secure a berth at the third Olympic Qualification Tournament in Alexandria.[5] He lost his opening match 1–4 to Finland's three-time Olympian and eventual bronze medalist Marko Yli-Hannuksela, but bounced back to oust his French rival and 1995 world champion Yvon Riemer with a convincing 4–2 victory. Placing second in the prelim pool and tenth overall, Baiseitov failed to advance to the quarterfinals.[6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bakhtiyar Baiseitov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  2. "Бахтияр БАЙСЕИТОВ: Теперь опорой хочу стать и я" [Bakhtiyar Baiseitov: "Now, I want to become a supporter too."]. vesti.kz (in Russian). Vesti. 7 November 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. "Atlanta 1996: Wrestling – Men's Greco-Roman 74kg" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 446. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  4. "Казахстан в финалах ЧМ по греко-римской борьбе: 18 лет спустя" [Kazakhstan at the World Championships finals in Greco-Roman wrestling: 18 years later]. inbusiness.kz (in Russian). In Business. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  5. Abbott, Gary (20 March 2000). "Gruenwald Lindland win golds at GR Olympic Qualifier in Egypt March 18 19". Team USA. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  6. "Sydney 2000: Wrestling – Middleweight Greco-Roman (76kg)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 105–106. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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