Men
KAZ
Abzal AZHGALIYEV
KAZ- Date of birth30 Jun 1992
- Height1770 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- Home townAstana
- Place of birthOral
- Start skating / Club He began skating at age nine. He took up the sport seriously in 2006 in Oral, Kazakhstan. / Dynamo: Kazakhstan
- HobbiesPlaying computer games. (Athlete, 07 Dec 2020)
- languagesEnglish, Kazakh, Russian
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
He and speed skater Yekaterina Aydova were flag bearers for Kazakhstan at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. (dynamo.kz, 28 Jan 2022)
He was flag bearer for Kazakhstan at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (isu.org, 16 Sep 2021; sports.kz, 25 Feb 2018)
He holds the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Kazakhstan. (gov.kz, 30 Nov 2022; Athlete, 02 Oct 2018)
He was flag bearer for Kazakhstan at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (isu.org, 16 Sep 2021; sports.kz, 25 Feb 2018)
He holds the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Kazakhstan. (gov.kz, 30 Nov 2022; Athlete, 02 Oct 2018)
"Just do it." (Athlete, 03 Nov 2018)
US boxer Muhammad Ali. (Athlete, 05 Dec 2019)
He became the first short track skater representing Kazakhstan to finish on top of the podium at a World Cup event when he won the 500m in 2016 in Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. (SportsDeskOnline, 30 Oct 2017; mk-kz.kz, 30 Dec 2016)
His mother. (Athlete, 05 Dec 2019)
In December 2018 he sustained a foot fracture. He returned to competition in September 2019. (Athlete, 05 Dec 2019; prosports.kz, 04 Nov 2019)
To win medals at the world championships and the Olympic Winter Games. (Athlete, 05 Dec 2019)
He holds a dinner before competitions for his close friends and relatives to attend and wish him luck. (olympics.com, 04 Feb 2022)
"I liked short track skating from the first training session and continued doing it."
Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev [national], KAZ
