Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov

Personal information
Full name	Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov
Nationality	Kazakhstan
Born	(1976-03-19) March 19, 1976 (age 47) Shymkent, Ontustik Qazaqstan, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	97 kg (214 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Super Heavyweight
Medal record Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Super heavyweight World Amateur Championships 1999 Houston Super heavyweight Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Super heavyweight 2002 Busan Super heavyweight 2006 Doha Super heavyweight Asian Championships 1999 Tashkent Super heavyweight 2004 Puerto Princesa Super heavyweight

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.

Career

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:

• Defeated Grzegorz Kiełsa (Poland) 16-5
• Defeated Alexis Rubalcaba (Cuba) 25-12
• Defeated Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan) 28-22
• Lost to Audley Harrison (Great Britain) 16-30

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.