Serık Kerımbekūly Qonaqbaev[a] (Kazakh: Серік Керімбекұлы Қонақбаев; born 25 October 1959) is a Kazakh politician and retired amateur boxer, who represented the USSR at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union and was later member of the Mäjilis. There he won the silver medal in the light welterweight division (– 63.5 kg), after being defeated in the final by Patrizio Oliva of Italy. Two years later he once again captured the silver medal, this time at the World Championships in Munich, West Germany.
 Konakabayev (left) and Jose Aguilar boxing in 1980 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's amateur boxing | ||
Representing  Soviet Union | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1980 Moscow | Light Welterweight |
| Friendship Games | ||
 | 1984 Havana | Welterweight |
| World Championships | ||
| 1982 Munich | Welterweight |
| World Cup | ||
 | 1979 New York | Light Welterweight |
| 1981 Montreal | Welterweight |
| European Championships | ||
| 1979 Cologne | Light Welterweight |
| 1981 Tampere | Welterweight |
Olympics
edit1980 Olympic results
edit- Defeated Simion Cuţov (Romania) by unanimous decision, 5–0
- Defeated Imre Bácskai (Hungary) RET 2
- Defeated José Angel Molina (Puerto Rico) by walkover
- Defeated José Aguilar (Cuba) by majority decision, 4–1
- Lost to Patrizio Oliva (Italy) by majority decision, 1–4
1984 Olympics
editKonakbayev came to attention of Howard Cosell, and after the Soviet Olympic authorities announced the USSR team wouldn't show up at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, where Konakbayev had genuine chances to compete for the gold medal at the welterweight event of the Games, Cosell said:[1]
As for the Soviets, well, they are no longer dominant in boxing, they have a couple of good-ones, one of them a man named Konakbayev.
Notes
edit- ↑ Often transliterated as Serik Kerimbekovich Konakbayev through a Russified Romanization of Серик Керимбекович Конакбаев.
References
editExternal links
edit- Serik Konakbayev at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Serik Konakbayev at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Article by Kyle McLachlan (Bad Left Hook, February 15, 2015).
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