Career
He was born in 1971 in the town of Iolotan, at the time in the former-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and now the capital of Ýolöten District in the Mary Province of Turkmenistan. Between 1989 and 2004, Bahshaliyev represented Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics) and Turkmenistan in powerlifting and bodybuilding competitions, with the title of the nation being represented changing in 2001, following the dissolution of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Bahshaliyev is currently listed as the British Columbian contact for the Amateur Athletic Union Powerlifting division.
