Kazakhstan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games information
Sporting event delegation
Kazakhstan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
IOC code
KAZ
NOC
National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan
in Sapporo and Obihiro February 19–26
Competitors
116 in 5 sports
Flag bearer
Yerdos Akhmadiyev
Medals Ranked 4th
Gold
9
Silver
11
Bronze
12
Total
32
Asian Winter Games appearances
1996
1999
2003
2007
2011
2017
Kazakhstan competed in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.[1][2] Kazakhstan competed in all five sports (eleven disciplines).[3] The team consists of 116 athletes and was announced on January 17.[4][5]
Also on January 17 in conjunction with the team announcement, cross-country skier Yerdos Akhmadiyev was announced as the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony. Akhmadiyev also served as the country's flagbearer at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.[6]
^"Sapporo 2017". www.ocasia.org/. Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
^"OCA welcomes record number of teams, athletes to Sapporo 2017". www.ocasia.org/. Olympic Council of Asia. 17 February 2017. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
^"2017 Sapporo AWG sport entries by NOC". www.sapporo2017.org. 8th Sapporo Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee. 16 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
^"Пресс релиз" [Press release]. www.kazsports.kz/ (in Kazakh). Astana. 17 January 2017. Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
^"Kazakhstan reveals national team roaster at Asian Winter Games 2017 in Sapporo". www.inform.kz/. Kazinform. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
^"«Саппоро-2017» Азия ойындарына қатысатын Қазақстан құрамасы анықталды" ["Sapporo-2017" were participating in the Asian Games team]. www.inform.kz/ (in Kazakh). 24 January 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
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