| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 1 | 94kg | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 406 |
| World Championships | ||||
| 1 | 94kg | 2011 | Paris, FRA | 407 |
| 1 | 94kg - Clean & Jerk | 2011 | Paris, FRA | 226 |
| 1 | 94kg | 2006 | Santo Domingo, DOM | 392 |
| 1 | 85kg | 2005 | Doha, QAT | 386 |
| 1 | 85kg - Clean & Jerk | 2005 | Doha, QAT | 216 |
| 2 | 94kg - Clean & Jerk | 2006 | Santo Domingo, DOM | 217 |
| 3 | 94kg - Snatch | 2006 | Santo Domingo, DOM | 175 |
| 5 | 94kg - Snatch | 2011 | Paris, FRA | 181 |
| Asian Games | ||||
| 1 | 94kg | 2010 | Guangzhou, CHN | 394 |
Hobbies
Break dancing, billiards, travelling. (kazpravda.kz, 15 Nov 2011)
Family
Wife Natalia, daughter Milana.
Coach
Toyshan Bektemirov, Erzhas Boltaev (KAZ) (kazpravda.kz, 15 Nov 2011)
Other sports
His brother Alexei is the champion of Kazakhstan in boxing in the 69kg category. His wife Natalia Kulakova is a handball player. (sports.kz, 31 Dec 2011)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He took up the sport at the age of eight. (sports.kz, 31 Dec 2011)
Reason for taking up this sport
His brother brought him to training. (sports.kz, 31 Dec 2011)
Ambitions
To open a sports school in his native Kyzylorda and a weightlifting school in Astana. (sports.kz, 31 Dec 2011; kazpravda.kz, 15 Nov 2011)
Hero
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. (kazpravda.kz, 15 Nov 2011)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"I've got a formula of perfection: looking for shortcomings in yourself and improving yourself." (kazpravda.kz, 15 Nov 2011)
Awards
He was named the best athlete of Kazakhstan in 2011. (sports.kz, 31 Dec 2011)
Named as the International Weightlifting Federation's [IWF] Best Lifter of 2005. (IWF, 02 Jun 2006)
He was Kazakhstan's first ever weightlifting world champion in either junior or senior competition. In 2005 and 2006 he held both the junior and senior world championship titles at the same time. (IWF, 06 Oct 2006)
General
DESIGNER
He launched his line of male fashionwear with the Kazakh designer Akkenzhe Devyatko. (kazpravda.kz, 15 Nov 2011)
TV STAR
He took part in the television singing contest Two Stars. (kazpravda.kz, 15 Nov 2011)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008
