Raatbek Sanatbayev | |
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| Born | 7 May 1969 |
| Died | 8 January 2006 |
Raatbek Sanatbayev (7 May 1969 – 8 January 2006 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) 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 ran to become the head of the Kyrgyz Olympic Committee, recently vacated after the murder of Bayaman Erkinbayev[1] the previous September. He was assassinated in 2006.