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| fullname       = Darkhan Argynuly<br>Bayakhmetov
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| nationality    = Kazakstani
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| birth_place    = [[Oskemen]], [[East Kazakhstan Province|Shygys Qazaqstan]],<br>[[Kazakh SSR]]
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| club           =  Dynamo Kazakhstan<ref name="london-2012"/>
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Greco-Roman wrestling]]}}
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{{MedalSilver|[[2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]]|[[Wrestling at the 2010 Asian Games|66 kg]]}}
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'''Darkhan Argynovich Bayakhmetov''' ({{lang-kk|Дархан Арғынұлы Баяхметов}}; born August 21, 1985 in [[Oskemen]], [[East Kazakhstan Province|Shyrgys Qazaqstan]]) is an amateur Kazakh Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's welterweight category.<ref name="london-2012">{{cite web|title=Darkhan Bayakhmetov|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/bayakhmetov-darkhan-1133518/|work=London 2012|accessdate=31 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite sports-reference|Darkhan Bayakhmetov|http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/darkhan-bayakhmetov-1.html|31 December 2012}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Kazakhstan Wins Two More Gold Medals in Guangzhou |url=http://caspionet.kz/eng/sport/Kazakhstan_Wins_Two_More_Gold_Medals_in_Guangzhou_1290580608.html |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130219003215/http://caspionet.kz/eng/sport/Kazakhstan_Wins_Two_More_Gold_Medals_in_Guangzhou_1290580608.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=19 February 2013 |publisher=Kazakh TV |date=23 November 2010 |accessdate=31 December 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Worlds preview: Greco-Roman 66kg/145.5 lbs.|url=http://preview.universalsports.com/news-blogs/article/newsid=273275.html|publisher=Universal Sports|date=18 September 2009|accessdate=31 December 2012}}</ref>

Bayakhmetov made his official debut for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]], where he competed in the [[Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's Greco-Roman 66kg (145.5 lbs) Semifinal Official|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/wrestling/resultsandschedules/rsc=WRM166202/index.html|publisher=[[NBC Olympics]]|accessdate=31 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Guenot wins Greco-Roman gold|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/wrestling/news/newsid=207970.html#guenot+wins+greco+roman+gold|work=Associated Press|publisher=[[NBC Olympics]]|date=13 August 2008|accessdate=31 December 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's Greco-Roman 66kg (145.5 lbs) Bronze Medal Official|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/wrestling/resultsandschedules/rsc=WRM166252/index.html|publisher=[[NBC Olympics]]|accessdate=31 December 2012}}</ref>

At the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]], Bayakhmetov lost the preliminary round of sixteen match of the [[Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg|men's 66 kg]] class to Lithuania's [[Edgaras Venckaitis]], with a technical score of 2–6.<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 66kg Greco-Roman Round of 16 Final Official|url=http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-66kg/match=wrm166408/index.html|publisher=London 2012|accessdate=31 December 2012}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?spid=A4ECC38332544D01836FA0AEEEA1A21E Profile – International Wrestling Database]
*[http://www.2012.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=bayakhmetov-darkhan-1133518/index.html NBC Olympics Profile]

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[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Olympic wrestlers of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Oskemen]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in wrestling]]
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani male sport wrestlers]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan]]


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