Darkhan Bayakhmetov

Olympic wrestler

Born

21 August 1985, Urzhar

Citizenship

Kazakhstan

Sport

Greco-Roman wrestling

Occupation

amateur wrestler

Height

172 cm (5 ft 8 in)

Weight

66 kg (146 lb)

Darkhan Argynovich Bayakhmetov (Kazakh: Дархан Арғынұлы Баяхметов, Darhan Arğynūly Baiahmetov; born August 21, 1985, in Oskemen, Shyrgys Qazaqstan) is an amateur Kazakh Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's welterweight category. He won a gold medal for his division at the 2009 Asian Wrestling Championships in Pattaya, Thailand, and silver at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

Bayakhmetov made his official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's 66 kg class. He defeated Germany's Markus Thätner, and China's Li Yanyan in the preliminary rounds, before losing out the semi-final match to France's Steeve Guénot, who was able to score four points in two straight periods, leaving Bayakhmetov with a single point. Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Bayakhmetov automatically qualified for the bronze medal bout, where he was defeated by Belarus' Mikhail Siamionau, with a three-set technical score (2–0, 1–1, 1–1), and a classification point score of 1–3.

Competitions

External links

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• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q5223639 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.