Daulet Niyazbekov

Daulet Niyazbekov (Kazakh: Дәулет Шораұлы Ниязбеков; born 12 February 1989) is a Kazakh freestyle wrestler, who was a member of the Olympic Games 2012. He competed in the men's freestyle 55 kg and he lost his bronze medal match to World Champion Yang Kyong-il. Niyazbekov was a bronze medalist at the World Wrestling Championships 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey. He won the Asian Wrestling Championship in 2015, as well as bronze at the 2014 and 2017 editions.[1]

Daulet Niyazbekov
Дәулет Ниязбеков
Personal information
Full nameDaulet Shoraevich Niyazbekov
NationalityKazakh
Born (1989-02-12) February 12, 1989
Zhanakorgan, Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
CountryKazkahstan
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
ClubCSKA
Coached byAbutalip Amanov

Niyazbekov competed in the men's freestyle 61 kg at the World Wrestling Championships 2015 in Las Vegas, United States. He was eliminated in the quarterfinal rounds, after being defeated by American Reece Humphrey.

He has qualified to represent Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's freestyle 65 kg class.[2]

References

  1. "Daulet Niyazbekov is Asian Champion 2015". asicsamerica.com. May 8, 2015.
  2. INFORM.KZ (2019-09-19). "Two Kazakh free style wrestlers earn 2020 Olympic Games quotas". www.inform.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-02-24.


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