Abilkhan Amankul

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| name = Abilkhan Amankul

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| full_name = {{nowrap|Abilkhan Bekmuratovich Amankul}}

| native_name = Әбілxан Бекмұратұлы Аманқұл

| nationality = Kazakh

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|7|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Taraz, Kazakhstan

| weight = 75 kg

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| country = {{KAZ}}

| sport = Boxing

| club = Astana Arlans{{Cite web |url=https://astanaarlans.kz/rus/trainers_and_boxers/109/Amankul |title=Официальный сайт клуба «Astana Arlans» |trans-title=Official website of the club "Astana Arlans" |lang=ru |access-date=17 March 2018 |archive-date=17 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317232326/https://astanaarlans.kz/rus/trainers_and_boxers/109/Amankul |url-status=dead}}

| height = 176 cm

| event = Middleweight

| coach = Myrzagali Aitzhanov (national)
Nurlan Akurpekov (personal)

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| updated = 1 September 2018

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Abilkhan Amankul ({{langx|kk|Әбілxан Аманқұл, Äbılhan Amanqūl}}; born 29 July 1997) is a Kazakh middleweight amateur boxer.{{Cite news |url=http://www.worldseriesboxing.com/boxers/abilkhan-amankul/ |title=Abilkhan AMANKUL |website=World Series Boxing |language=en-US |access-date=29 August 2017 |archive-date=4 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004113217/http://www.worldseriesboxing.com/boxers/abilkhan-amankul/ |url-status=dead}} {{Cite web |url=http://www.kfb.kz/kaz/nskrkpoboksu/ |title=Бокстан Қазақстан Ұлттық Құрамы командасы |trans-title=Boxing team of Kazakhstan National Team |website=KFB.kz |publisher=Kazakhstan Boxing Federation |language=kk |access-date=17 March 2018 |archive-date=3 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503214434/http://www.kfb.kz/kaz/nskrkpoboksu |url-status=live}} He competed in the middleweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/BOX/OG2020-_BOX_C75_BOXM75KG--------------------------.pdf |title=Boxing: Men's Middle (69-75kg) |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=28 July 2021 |archive-date=22 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722153527/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/BOX/OG2020-_BOX_C75_BOXM75KG--------------------------.pdf |url-status=dead}}

Career

Amankul was a boxing bronze medallist in the men's middleweight category at the 2017 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships after being narrowly defeated by Israil Madrimov of Uzbekistan in the semi-finals.{{cite web |url=https://astanatimes.com/2017/05/kazakh-boxing-team-member-wins-gold-at-asian-championships/ |title=Kazakh boxing team member wins gold at Asian Championships |work=The Astana Times |first=Anuar |last=Abdrakhmanov |date=11 May 2017}}

At the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships, he beat Campbell Somerville, Silvio Schierle, Olympic and World Champion Arlen López and Kamran Shakhsuvarly. Amankul losing to Oleksandr Khyzhniak of Ukraine in the gold medal match. {{cite web |url=https://astanatimes.com/2017/09/kazakh-boxers-win-gold-bronze-and-silver-medals-at-world-boxing-championships-in-hamburg/ |title=Kazakh boxers win gold, bronze and silver medals at world boxing championships in Hamburg |work=The Astana Times |first=Anuar |last=Abdrakhmanov |date=5 September 2017}}

Abilkhan started the 2018 Asian Games with 5-0 win over Aphisit Khankhokkhruea of the Thailand in the first round, and in quarterfinals Amankul wins 5-0 Kan Chia-wei of Taipei and semifinals he wins India's Vikas Yadav unfortunately has been forced to pull out of the semi-final bout as he has been declared medically unfit due to an injury. Vikas will settle for a bronze. Amankul advanced to the final. In the final, Abilkhan fight Israil Madrimov of Uzbekistan and he lost 3-2 and the silver medal. Amankul to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.