Daniyar Kaisanov

Daniyar Kaisanov (born 18 July 1993) 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. 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.

In 2019, Kaisanov competed at the World Wrestling Championships in the men's 74kg event. At the time he didn't win the bronze medal 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. 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.

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.

Achievements