Sport in Kazakhstan

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Kazakhstan's former long-term President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has challenged sports organizers to engage 30 percent of the country's population in sports. The state has numerous sports clubs where people participate in various types of sports; sport facilities are available to the general public. Kazakhstan currently hosts major international tournaments; Astana and Almaty hosted the VII Asian Winter Games 2011, which drew teams from 27 countries.^[1]

Kazakhstan consistently performs in Olympic competitions. It is especially successful in boxing. This has brought some attention to the Central Asian nation, and increased world awareness of its athletes. Kazakhstan's city of Almaty submitted twice bid for the Winter Olympics: In 2014 and again for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Astana and Almaty hosted the 2011 Asian Winter Games.

At the Asian Winter Games in 2007 athletes took part from 25 countries.^[2]

• Afghanistan (3)
• People's Republic of China (159)
• Chinese Taipei (14)
• Hong Kong (26)
• India (5)
• Iran (14)
• Japan (112)
• Jordan (3)
• Kazakhstan (104)
• Kyrgyzstan (5)
• Kuwait (22)
• Lebanon (3)
• Macau (26)
• Malaysia (21)
• Mongolia (23)
• Nepal (2)
• North Korea (66)
• Pakistan (7)
• Palestine National Authority(1)
• Philippines(5)
• South Korea (118)
• Tajikistan (3)
• Thailand (23)
• United Arab Emirates (19)
• Uzbekistan (11)