Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov

Mukhtarkhan Qabylanbekuly Dildabekov (Kazakh: Мұхтархан Қабыланбекұлы Ділдәбеков, Mūhtarhan Qabylanbekūly Dıldäbekov; born March 19, 1976) is a Kazakh boxer, best known to win the silver medal in the Super Heavyweight division (+91 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov
Personal information
Full nameMukhtarkhan Dildabekov
Nationality Kazakhstan
Born (1976-03-19) March 19, 1976 (age 48)
Shymkent, Ontustik Qazaqstan, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight97 kg (214 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classSuper Heavyweight
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Super heavyweight
World Amateur Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Houston Super heavyweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Bangkok Super heavyweight
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan Super heavyweight
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Super heavyweight
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Tashkent Super heavyweight
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Puerto Princesa Super heavyweight

Career edit

 
Dildabekov (left) with Timur Ibragimov (center) at the King's Cup awards ceremony, Bangkok, 1998

At the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas he also won silver losing to Sinan Şamil Sam.

In 2000 at the Olympics he lost to the Briton Audley Harrison. On his way to the final, he has beaten Cuban Alexis Rubalcaba and the Uzbek fighter Rustam Saidov. Results:

He won gold at the Asian Games 1998 but had to settle for silver in 2002 and 2006 losing twice to Saidov. 2004 he finished third.

2003 at the world championships he lost to Sebastian Köber.

He beat him at the Olympics in Athens 2004, but lost to in an early round to eventual winner Alexander Povetkin. Dildabekov qualified for the 2004 Athens Games by ending up in first place at the 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Guangzhou, PR China. In the decisive final match of the event, he defeated Kyrgyzstan's Ruslan Abasov.

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