Kazakhstan amateur boxer Yeleusinov Daniyar

For the history of the last four Summer Olympic Games, there has never been a boxer in the category under 69 kg without a Kazakh participant on the first step of the pedestal. In 2016, this torch was taken by Daniyar Yeleusinov, a 25-year-old sportsman.

Coming to boxing

One of the main stars of boxing in recent years in Kazakhstan is Eleusinov Daniyar. Biography of the athlete originates in the village of Berezino in the West Kazakhstan region, where on March 13, 1991, he was born. Sports Daniyar was carried away at the age of 9 and trained for the first time under the guidance of a well-deserved trainer, his father, Marat, who previously coached the older brother of the sportsman. At the age of 16, Diniyar and his family moved to Astana, where the young talented boxer had good prospects.

World and continental successes

His first youth tournaments Eleusinov Daniyar won before moving, taking part in the cadet games. And in 2008, at the world youth championship in Mexico, the Kazakh boxer was able to reach the finals, and a year later he won the gold of the competition, so he was soon invited to the main team of Kazakhstan.

The debut in the adult tournament came for Daniyar in 2010, when the 19-year-old confidently won the title of champion of Kazakhstan. In the same year, the boxer was sent to the Asian Games in Guangzhou, where Yeleusinov also brought a gold medal. Two years later, the athlete qualified for the Olympic Games in London and there he managed to reach the quarterfinals, where Italian Vincenzo Manjacapre lost. Failure at the Olympics Eleusinov Daniyar completely corrected at the next world championship. In the framework of the World Championship, held in Kazakhstan, he confidently reached the finals, where he defeated the Cuban Arisnuad Despanya, winning gold.

Victory in Rio and plans to become a pro

The athlete's striving for victories and his success allowed him to go to the Olympic Games for the second time in his career. And in 2016, in the framework of the Olympiad in Brazilian Rio de Janeiro, Daniyar was not equal in the weight category up to 69 kg. Kazakhstani athlete confidently went through the tournament grid, winning in the finals of Uzbek Shahram Giyasov.

Part of the funds received for this victory Daniyar sent to charity, and he thought about the possible increase in the bar. As a result, now Eleusinov is seriously considering the possibility of participating in professional boxing, in which promoters from the United States are interested. Therefore, it is possible to expect the first fights of a Kazakh athlete in the big ring in the near future.

Personal life

In 2015, Yeleusinov Daniyar made an important decision in his life, having knitted marriage with his girlfriend, who soon gave birth to his son. In his spare time from training, a Kazakhstani sportsman likes to play table tennis, billiards or football, and he does not forget to spend time with his relatives.