Akhmatkhuzin, who is of Tatar descent,[1] made his debut in international competition at the 2005 Cadet World Championships in Linz, where he earned a bronze medal.

[citation needed] In the seniors, Akhmatkhuzin placed second in the 2012 Venice Grand Prix, his first podium in the Fencing World Cup.

[5] He made it through the qualification stage, but was defeated in the first elimination round by Italy's Daniele Garozzo, who eventually won the silver medal.

At the next World Cup competition, the Löwe von Bonn, he was stopped in the last 16 by Japan's Yuki Ota.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, in the men's individual foil, he beat Miles Chamley-Watson in the last 32, before losing to eventual silver medalist American Alexander Massialas in the last 16.