Daniyar Yeleussinov received the Altyn Zhurek Award

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Kazakhstan’s Rio 2016 Olympic Champion, AIBA World Champion and two-time Asian Games winner Daniyar Yeleussinov received the Altyn Zhurek Award in his homeland in Astana which is a great honour for the 25-year-old Welterweight class (69 kg) boxer besides to his amazing titles.
The Altyn Zhurek Award was established in 2007 and there are nine different categories in this state honour. Annual award for the contribution of the development in Kazakhstan was received by Kazakhstan’s team captain star boxer Daniyar Yeleussinov after the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Yeleussinov competed at the London 2012 Olympic Games and surprisingly lost his quarter-final bout but after that he received the Best Man Elite Boxer Trophy from AIBA in 2013 and also in 2014. Following these amazing awards and performance Yeleussinov arrived to the venue of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games as top favourite of his weight class.
Daniyar Yeleussinov defeated France’s strong Souleymane Cissokho in the semi-final of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in spite of his small injury. He had to meet in the final of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with his neighboring rival Uzbekistan’s AIBA Asian & Oceanian Olympic Qualification Event winner new sensation Shakhram Giyasov who could not stop his star opponent for the gold.
Kazakhstan took three medals in the London 2012 Olympic Games but their squad was able to get five podium places in Rio de Janeiro. Daniyar Yeleussinov’s gold medal in Rio was an expected result but his final triumph meant Kazakhstan has been dominating the Welterweight class (69 kg) since 2004. Following their previous stars Bakhtiyar Artayev, Bakhyt Sarsekbayev and Serik Sapiyev their fourth boxer Daniyar Yeleussinov was able to win the same weight class in Rio de Janeiro.
Daniyar Yeleussinov received several awards after his Olympic success but the Altyn Zhurek is one of the most important in his career. He enjoyed the great moments after the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and the whole country celebrated its hero in Astana. Daniyar Yeleussinov is a new kind of idol in the boxing world and he is one of the most famous sportsmen in Kazakhstan.