Team Kazakhstan - Profile

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Medals in Current Games

Medals in Current Games
Rank	Men				Women				Mixed				Open				Total				Total Rank
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General Interest

Highlights:

@ PYEONGCHANG 2018
Kazakhstan competed with a team of 44 athletes (25 men, 19 women), in nine sports: Alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, luge, short track speed skating, ski jumping and speed skating. They won one medal, a bronze by freestyle skier Yuliya Galysheva in women's moguls.

PYEONGCHANG 2018 MEDALS
Freestyle Skiing: 1 (0-0-1)
Total: 1 (0-0-1)

PYEONGCHANG 2018 FLAGBEARERS
Opening Ceremony: Abzal Azhgaliyev (STK)
Closing Ceremony: Abzal Azhgaliyev (STK)

OLYMPIC GAMES HISTORY
Kazakhstan's National Olympic Committee was recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1992 shortly after the break-up of the Soviet Union (USSR) and first competed as an independent nation at the Lillehammer 1994 Olympic Winter Games, where cross-country skier Vladimir Smirnov won three medals (one gold, two silver). Smirnov has won the most medals for Kazakhstan, with four of the nation's eight total. Prior to competing for Kazakhstan, Smirnov won three medals for the Soviet Union at the Calgary 1988 Olympic Winter Games.

Kazakhstan has won a total of 80 medals, with 16 gold.

Many Kazakh athletes competed from 1952 to 1988 for the Soviet Union, and Kazakh athletes were present at Barcelona and Albertville in 1992 as members of the Unified Team. During this time the most successful Kazakhs have been the gymnast Valery Lyukin (two gold, two silver in 1988), the volleyballer Nina Smoleyeva (two gold, one silver between 1968 and 1976), the sprinter Vladimir Muravyov (two gold in 1980 and 1988) as well as the wrestler Valery Rezantsev, who twice won gold in the Greco-Roman light-heavyweight class (1972, 1976).

MILESTONES

First Competitor, Female: Yelena Chernetsova (13 February 1994) - 1994 - Cross-Country Skiing (15km Freestyle) - 53rd
First Competitor, Female: Yelena Volodina-Antonova (13 February 1994) - 1994 - Cross-Country Skiing (15km Freestyle) - 47th
First Competitor, Female: Oksana Kotova (13 February 1994) - 1994 - Cross-Country Skiing (15km Freestyle) - 43rd

First Competitor, Male: Yevgeny Sanarov (13 February 1994) - 1994 - Speed Skating (5000m) - 19th
First Competitor, Male: Andrey Kolotvin (13 February 1994) - 1994 - Alpine Skiing (Downhill) - 43rd

Youngest Competitor, Female: Yuliya Rodionova (16y-030d) - 2006 - Freestyle Skiing (Moguls) - 28th
Youngest Competitor, Male: Denis Ten (16y-247d) - 2010 - Figure Skating (Singles) - 11th

Oldest Competitor, Female: Yelena Volodina-Antonova (38y-301d) - 2010 - Cross-Country Skiing (Sprint) - 45th
Oldest Competitor, Male: Konstantin Shafranov (37y-156d) - 2006 - Ice Hockey - 9th

First Medallist, Female: Lyudmila Prokashova (20 February 1998) - 1998 - Speed Skating (5000m) - Bronze
First Medallist, Male: Vladimir Smirnov (17 February 1994) - 1994 - Cross-Country Skiing (10km Classical) - Silver

First Gold Medallist, Male: Vladimir Smirnov (27 February 1994) - 1994 - Cross-Country Skiing (50km Classical) - Gold

Youngest Medallist, Female: Yuliya Galysheva (25y-110d) - 2018 - Freestyle Skiing (Moguls) - Bronze
Youngest Medallist, Male: Denis Ten (20y-245d) - 2014 - Figure Skating (Singles) - Bronze

Youngest Gold Medallist, Male: Vladimir Smirnov (29y-357d) - 1994 - Cross-Country Skiing (50km Classical) - Gold

Oldest Medallist, Female: Yelena Khrustalyova (29y-142d) - 2010 - Biathlon (15km) - Silver
Oldest Medallist, Male: Vladimir Smirnov (33y-344d) - 1998 - Cross-Country Skiing (10/15km Pursuit) - Bronze

Oldest Gold Medallist, Male: Vladimir Smirnov (29y-357d) - 1994 - Cross-Country Skiing (50km Classical) - Gold

Most Medals, Female: Yelena Khrustalyova (1 | 0-1-0) - Biathlon
Most Medals, Female: Yuliya Galysheva (1 | 0-0-1) - Freestyle Skiing
Most Medals, Female: Lyudmila Prokashova (1 | 0-0-1) - Speed Skating
Most Medals, Male: Vladimir Smirnov (4 | 1-2-1) - Cross-Country Skiing

Most Gold Medals, Male: Vladimir Smirnov (1) - Cross-Country Skiing