Career
His coaches are Madygali Karsybekov, Zhasulan Mukhambetkaliev, and Pyotr Gamidov. [2] [6]
Azhgaliyev's first international competition was in Moscow in 2006. It hooked him on the sport. [5]
In 2007, Azhgaliyev was designated Master of Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan. [2] [7]
In 2011, Azhgaliyev was on the relay team that won the bronze medal in the Asian Games. [7]
Azhgaliyev was the first Kazakh skater to win a World Cup event when he medaled in the 500m in 2016 in Salt Lake City, UT, United States. His time was 40.373 seconds. [7] [8] He received the title of Master of Sports of International Class of the Republic of Kazakhstan. [7]
With state funding, Azhgaliyev and the other members of the national relay team trained in the Netherlands. [9] However, he professed to prefer training in Kazakhstan, instead. He prefers to be with family. [9] Now he trains in Nur-Sultan, where new facilities have been constructed. [5] Russian skaters Semen Elistratov and Dmitry Migunov train in Nur-Sultan with the Kazakh team. [5]
He has skated three times in the Winter Olympics.
His first winter games were in Sochi, Russia, in 2014, where he skated in the Men's 5000 Meters Relay. [2] The team took fifth place. [4]
He was the flagbearer in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Korea, where he was also the captain of the Kazakh National Olympic Team. [4] He competed in the Men's 5000 Meters Relay. [2]
In 2022, Azhgaliyev was once again the flagbearer for Kazakhstan. [2] In Beijing, China, he competed in the 500m Men's event, as well as the Mixed Team Relay team with Adil Galiakhmetov, Denis Nikisha, Yana Khan, and Olga Tikhonova. [10] [2] Their relay team placed fifth. [2]
His athletic heroes include Russia's Viktor An, Canadian Charles Hamelin, and China's Wang Meng. [2]
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