Daniyar Kaisanov Explained

Daniyar Kaisanov (born 18 July 1993)^[1] is a Kazakhstani freestyle wrestler. He is a two-time gold medalist at the Asian Wrestling Championships, a silver medalist at the Asian Games and a bronze medalist at the World Wrestling Championships. He also represented Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

Kaisanov represented Kazakhstan at the 2018 Asian Games and he won the silver medal in the men's 74kg event.^[1] In the final, he lost against Bekzod Abdurakhmonov of Uzbekistan.^[1]

Kaisanov won the gold medal in the men's 74 kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China.^{[2] [3]} In 2020, he also won the gold medal in the men's 74 kg event at the Asian Wrestling Championships held in New Delhi, India.^{[4] [5]}

In 2019, Kaisanov competed at the World Wrestling Championships in the men's 74kg event.^[6] At the time he didn't win the bronze medal^{[6] [7]} but he was awarded one of the bronze medals after Zelimkhan Khadjiev tested positive for doping. As a result, he qualified to represent Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. In March 2021, Kaisanov won one of the bronze medals in the 74 kg event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 held in Rome, Italy.^[8] In June 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 74 kg event at the 2021 Waclaw Ziolkowski Memorial held in Warsaw, Poland.^[9]

Kaisanov lost his bronze medal match against Bekzod Abdurakhmonov of Uzbekistan in the men's 74kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[10]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Location	Result	Event
2018	Asian Championships	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	3rd	Freestyle 74kg
	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	2nd	Freestyle 74kg
2019	Asian Championships	Xi'an, China	1st	Freestyle 74kg
	World Championships	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	3rd	Freestyle 74kg
2020	Asian Championships	New Delhi, India	1st	Freestyle 74kg

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling Results Book. 2018 Asian Games. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200203161810/http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/4/112/AG2018_OfficialResultBook_Wrestling_v1.0.pdf. 3 February 2020. 18 May 2020.
2. News: Iran secure further four men's freestyle gold medals to finish on seven at Asian Wrestling Championships. Etchells. Daniel. 24 April 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 18 January 2020.
3. Web site: 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200518232029/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/results_04_xian.pdf. 18 May 2020.
4. News: Pavitt. Michael. Kaisanov defends Asian Wrestling Championships freestyle title in New Delhi. 23 February 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 7 April 2020.
5. Web site: 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200522211016/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/final-book.pdf. 22 May 2020. 22 May 2020.
6. Web site: 2019 World Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf. 12 April 2020. 12 April 2020.
7. News: Two more golds put Russia top of freestyle at World Wrestling Championships. Rowbottom. Mike. 21 September 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 18 January 2020.
8. Web site: Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221706/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book_matteo_pellicone_2021.pdf. 21 March 2021. 21 March 2021. United World Wrestling.
9. Web site: 2021 Poland Open Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210704164819/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/results_06_warsaw.pdf. 4 July 2021. 4 July 2021. United World Wrestling.
10. Web site: Wrestling Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf. 7 August 2021. 8 August 2021. 2020 Summer Olympics.