Raatbek Sanatbayev
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Raatbek Sanatbayev was a Kyrgyz
Greco-Roman
wrestler who competed in the Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg
at the 1996 Summer Olympics
and the Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg
at the 2000 Summer Olympics
. He won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships, and won the Asian Championship in 1999 and 2000, silver medals in the 1995 and 1997 Asian Championships and 1994 and 1998 Asian Games
, and a bronze medal at the 1996 Asian Championships.
After retiring from the sport, he was running to become the head of the Kyrgyz Olympic Committee
, recently vacated after the murder of Bayaman Erkinbayev
http://www.eurasianet.org/kyrgyzstan/timeline/timeline2.html the previous September. But on January 8, 2006, while Sanatbayev was getting out of a car near a shopping center, two men attacked him, with one shooting him in the head.http://newsfromrussia.com/cis/2006/01/10/70956.html He died in the hospital. Aldoyar Ismankulov, the National Security Service chief for organized crime, was arrested for the murder within a few weeks, then released and eventually acquitted.http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2006/01/24/71683.html Two other suspects were arrested on February 2. But finally on April 16, it was announced that Kuban Jodoshev, who was allegedly responsible for seven murders including Sanatbayev's, was killed during a special police operation in Bishkek.http://www.cjes.ru/lenta/view_news.php?id=296&year=2007&lang=eng
Sanatbayev had been outspoken in his criticism of fellow-candidate, Ryspek Akmatbaev, former boxer
, businessman, and the head of the Kyrgyzstan Fencing
Federation, who was at the time on trial for murderhttp://www.iwpr.net/?p=rca&s=f&o=258957&apc_state=henh, later acquitted. Akmatbaev went on to run for parliament in April - he won the election but was not seated because of his alleged criminal ties - when on May 14, he was also murdered http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/05/b1a713d4-cee7-4013-a772-d0866e4f5ccd.html.http://www.kchr.org/05-May-2006/e20060515.html.
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
Greco-Roman
Greco-Roman wrestling
Greco-Roman wrestling is a style of wrestling that is practised worldwide. It was contested at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been included in every edition of the summer Olympics held since 1908. Two wrestlers are scored for their performance in three two-minute periods, which can...
wrestler who competed in the Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg
Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg
The Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Georgia World Congress Center.- Medalists :- Tournament results :...
at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
and the Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg
Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg
The Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, September 25 to September 27.- Medalists :- Tournament results :...
at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
. He won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships, and won the Asian Championship in 1999 and 2000, silver medals in the 1995 and 1997 Asian Championships and 1994 and 1998 Asian Games
Asian Games
The Asian Games, officially known as Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games they have been organised by the...
, and a bronze medal at the 1996 Asian Championships.
After retiring from the sport, he was running to become the head of the Kyrgyz Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games...
, recently vacated after the murder of Bayaman Erkinbayev
Bayaman Erkinbayev
Bayaman Erkinbayev was a top Kyrgyzstani lawmaker and parliamentary deputy, who was the driving force behind the riots in southern Kyrgyzstan that led to the overthrow of President Askar Akayev on March 24, 2005. One of the richest businessman in the country, he funded the Central Asian state's...
http://www.eurasianet.org/kyrgyzstan/timeline/timeline2.html the previous September. But on January 8, 2006, while Sanatbayev was getting out of a car near a shopping center, two men attacked him, with one shooting him in the head.http://newsfromrussia.com/cis/2006/01/10/70956.html He died in the hospital. Aldoyar Ismankulov, the National Security Service chief for organized crime, was arrested for the murder within a few weeks, then released and eventually acquitted.http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2006/01/24/71683.html Two other suspects were arrested on February 2. But finally on April 16, it was announced that Kuban Jodoshev, who was allegedly responsible for seven murders including Sanatbayev's, was killed during a special police operation in Bishkek.http://www.cjes.ru/lenta/view_news.php?id=296&year=2007&lang=eng
Sanatbayev had been outspoken in his criticism of fellow-candidate, Ryspek Akmatbaev, former boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
, businessman, and the head of the Kyrgyzstan Fencing
Fencing
Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
Federation, who was at the time on trial for murderhttp://www.iwpr.net/?p=rca&s=f&o=258957&apc_state=henh, later acquitted. Akmatbaev went on to run for parliament in April - he won the election but was not seated because of his alleged criminal ties - when on May 14, he was also murdered http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/05/b1a713d4-cee7-4013-a772-d0866e4f5ccd.html.http://www.kchr.org/05-May-2006/e20060515.html.