Kazakhstan at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Kazakhstan at the Olympic Games
Flag of Kazakhstan IOC code  KAZ NOC National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan Website www.olympic.kz (Kazakh)
At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors	56 (44 men, 12 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Aleksandr Koreshkov (opening) Radik Zhaparov (closing)[1][2]
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992)

Kazakhstan competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Their largest contingent was their ice hockey squad of 23, in which Kazakhstan qualified after winning a qualifying series also including Austria, France and Ukraine. The cross country skiing team was also sizeable, with of 19 Kazakh athletes entered.

Alpine skiing

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Vera Eremenko	Women's giant slalom	1:10.32	1:19.43		2:29.75	36
	Women's slalom	50.73	55.27		1:46.00	47
Victor Ryabchenko	Men's giant slalom	1:29.52	1:31.14		3:00.66	33
	Men's slalom	DNF			Did not finish

Biathlon

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Alexsandr Chervyhkov	Men's sprint	29:27.1	2	56
	Men's pursuit	43:28.44	8	53
	Men's individual	1:03:56.4	6	73
Anna Lebedeva	Women's sprint	25:21.8	2	52
	Women's pursuit	Lapped
	Women's individual	56:46.5	4	49

Cross-country skiing

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Dmitrij Eremenko	15 km classical	40:42.8	30
	30 km pursuit	1:22:09.9	44
Andrey Golovko	15 km classical	40:58.0	37
	30 km pursuit	1:19:34.3	29
	50 km freestyle	2:07:19.6	29
Andrey Kondroschev	30 km pursuit	1:25:51.4	60
	50 km freestyle	2:23:24.2	54
Denis Krivushkin	50 km freestyle	2:08:05.3	37
Maxim Odnovortsev	15 km classical	40:53.2	36
	30 km pursuit	1:17:09.6	9
	50 km freestyle	2:06:23.4	13
Alexey Poltaranin	15 km classical	41:09.7	39
Andrey Golovko Dmitrij Eremenko Maxim Odnovortsev Yevgeniy Koschevoy	4 x 10 km relay	1:49:03.6	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Elena Antonova	10 km classical	31:04.4	42
Natalya Issachenko	10 km classical	32:52.9	61
	30 km freestyle	1:30:04.3	38
Oxana Jatskaja	15 km pursuit	46:57.0	41
	30 km freestyle	1:25:30.5	15
Elena Kolomina	15 km pursuit	45:44.1	25
	30 km freestyle	1:26:06.4	19
Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina	10 km classical	29:24.1	14
	15 km pursuit	44:00.0	12
	30 km freestyle	1:30:41.5	40
Yevgeniya Voloshenko	10 km classical	30:47.1	40
	15 km pursuit	48:17.2	50
Oxana Jatskaja Yevgeniya Voloshenko Elena Kolomina Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina	4 x 5 km relay	57:52.9	13

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Nikolay Chebotko	Men's sprint	2:21.23	35	Did not advance					35
Sergey Cherepanov	Men's sprint	2:26.48	55	Did not advance					55
Natalya Issachenko	Women's sprint	2:21.22	45	Did not advance					45
Oxana Jatskaja	Women's sprint	2:22.12	46	Did not advance					46
Elena Kolomina	Women's sprint	2:20.28	38	Did not advance					38
Yevgeniy Koschevoy	Men's sprint	2:18.88	18 Q	2:20.7	3	Did not advance			14
Yevgeni Safonov	Men's sprint	2:22.99	45	Did not advance					45
Daria Starostina	Women's sprint	2:27.58	60	Did not advance					60
Nikolay Chebotko Yevgeniy Koschevoy	Men's team sprint	n/a				17:42.6	5 Q	17:25.1	6
Oxana Jatskaja Elena Kolomina	Women's team sprint	n/a				17:36.3	5 Q	17:42.8	9

Freestyle skiing

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Dmitriy Reiherd	Men's moguls	18.33	33	Did not advance	33
Yuliya Rodionova	Women's moguls	16.76	28	Did not advance	28
Darya Rybalova	Women's moguls	18.70	25	Did not advance	25

Ice hockey

Men's

Players

Position	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2005–06 team
G	Vitali Yeremeyev	184	90	09/23/75	Ust-Kamenogorsk	Dynamo Moscow
G	Vitali Kolesnik	190	90	08/20/79	Ust-Kamenogorsk	Colorado Avalanche
G	Kirill Zinovyev	181	80	02/22/79	Ust-Kamenogorsk	Barys Astana
D	Vladimir Antipin	184	85	04/18/70	Temirtau	Khimik Moscow Oblast
D	Artyom Argokov	184	92	01/16/76	Ust-Kamenogorsk	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
D	Evgeni Blokhin^1	184	85	05/29/79	Ust-Kamenogorsk	HC MVD
D	Alexei Koledayev	178	84	03/27/76	Ust-Kamenogorsk	Sibir Novosibirsk
D	Oleg Kovalenko	178	90	02/11/75	Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kazzinc-Torpedo
D	Evgeni Pupkov	184	91	01/18/76	Ust-Kamenogorsk	SKA Saint Petersburg
D	Andrei Savenkov^1	184	88	03/07/75	Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kazzinc-Torpedo
D	Denis Shemelin	191	93	07/24/78	Ust-Kamenogorsk	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
D	Alexei Vassilchenko	188	90	03/29/81	Ust-Kamenogorsk	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
F	Sergei Alexandrov	180	84	04/29/78	Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kazzinc-Torpedo
F	Nik Antropov	198	104	02/18/80	Ust-Kamenogorsk	Toronto Maple Leafs
F	Dmitri Dudarev	185	91	02/23/76	Ust-Kamenogorsk	Ak Bars Kazan
F	Alexander Koreshkov-A	179	81	10/28/68	Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kazzinc-Torpedo
F	Evgeni Koreshkov	170	82	03/11/70	Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kazzinc-Torpedo
F	Andrei Ogorodnikov	178	78	08/29/82	Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kazzinc-Torpedo
F	Andrei Pchelyakov	178	72	02/19/72	Ust-Kamenogorsk	Krylya Sovetov Moscow
F	Fedor Polishchuk	174	75	07/04/79	Ukraine	SKA Saint Petersburg
F	Andrei Samokhvalov	182	84	05/10/75	Ust-Kamenogorsk	Khimik Voskresensk
F	Konstantin Shafranov	183	90	09/11/68	Ust-Kamenogorsk	Krylya Sovetov Moscow
F	Andrei Troschinsky	192	84	02/14/78	Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kazzinc-Torpedo
F	Dmitri Upper-A	178	80	07/28/78	Ust-Kamenogorsk	CSKA Moscow

• ¹ Andrei Savenkov replaced Evgeni Blokhin on the team roster after the first two games of the tournament.^[3]

Results

Round-robin

15 February 2006 11:35

Kazakhstan

2 – 7 (0–3, 1–4, 1–0)

Sweden

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,200

Game reference
	Vitaly Yeremeyev	Goalies	Stefan Liv	Referee: Vladimir Sindler
	Y. Koreshkov - 20:17 (SH) Antipin (Upper) - 48:33	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 1 – 3 1 – 4 1 – 5 1 – 6 1 – 7 2 – 7	7:45 - Tjärnqvist (J. Jönsson, Holmström) 10:46 - Alfredsson (PP) 16:06 - H. Sedin (Samuelsson, D. Sedin) 28:47 - Axelsson (Påhlsson, Öhlund) 31:08 - M. Sundin (Bäckman, Modin) (PP) 35:31 - D. Sedin (Öhlund, H. Sedin) 36:21 - Tjärnqvist (Axelsson, Påhlsson)
	18 min	Penalties	6 min
	14	Shots	34

16 February 2006 21:05

United States

4 – 1 (3–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 3,400

Game reference
	Rick DiPietro	Goalies	Vitaliy Kolesnik	Referee: Thomas Andersson
	Guerin (Drury) - 1:34 Rolston (Weight) (PP) - 8:31 Gionta (Liles, Gomez) (PP) - 16:50 Modano (Cole) - 51:53	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 4 – 1	51:02 - Y. Koreshkov (Vassilchenko)
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	36	Shots	12

18 February 2006 11:35

Kazakhstan

0 – 1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Russia

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 3,660

Game reference
	Vitaliy Yeremeyev	Goalies	Evgeni Nabokov	Referee: Christer Lärking
		0 – 1	31:38 - Kharitonov (Sushinsky, Malkin)
	26 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	50

19 February 2006 16:05

Slovakia

2 – 1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 9,160

Game reference
	Karol Križan	Goalies	Vitaliy Kolesnik	Referee: Danny Kurmann
	Bondra (Kapuš, Jurčina) (PP) - 39:50 Mari. Hossa (Demitra, Gáborík) - 48:09	0 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1	16:16 - Y. Koreshkov (A. Koreshkov, Savenkov) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	27	Shots	19

21 February 2006 11:35

Latvia

2 – 5 (1–1, 0–1, 1–3)

Kazakhstan

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2,300

Game reference
	Sergejs Naumovs	Goalies	Vitaliy Yeremeyev	Referee: Christer Lärking
	Tambijevs (Ņiživijs) (PP) - 15:13 Cipruss (Panteļejevs, Tribuncovs) - 45:04	0 – 1 1 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 2 2 – 3 2 – 4 2 – 5	7:20 - A. Koreshkov (Y. Koreshkov) 35:04 - Antropov (Y. Koreshkov) 52:33 - Alexandrov (Polischuk, Trochshinskiy) 54:53 - Y. Koreshkov (PS) 58:08 - Y. Koreshkov (A. Koreshkov)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	30

Standings

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Slovakia	5	5	0	0	18	8	10
Russia	5	4	1	0	23	11	8
Sweden	5	3	2	0	15	12	6
United States	5	1	3	1	13	13	3
Kazakhstan	5	1	4	0	9	16	2
Latvia	5	0	4	1	11	29	1

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First Round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Ivan Karaulov	Normal hill	109.0	26 Q	102.0	46	Did not advance		46
	Large hill	92.1	15 Q	68.9	46	Did not advance		46
Nikolay Karpenko	Normal hill	Disqualified
	Large hill	84.6	25 Q	65.2	48	Did not advance		48
Alexey Korolev	Normal hill	86.5	48	Did not advance
	Large hill	63.5	41	Did not advance
Radik Zhaparov	Normal hill	110.0	25 Q	115.0	28 Q	112.0	227.0	26
	Large hill	86.7	21 Q	95.7	31	Did not advance		31
Ivan Karaulov Nikolay Karpenko Alexey Korolev Radik Zhaparov	Team	n/a		322.2	12	Did not advance		12

Speed skating

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dmitry Babenko	Men's 5000 m	n/a		6:42.25	23
Aleksey Belyayev	Men's 1500 m	n/a		1:52.20	39
Nataliya Rybakova	Women's 3000 m	n/a		4:38.76	28
Aleksandr Zhigin	Men's 500 m	36.88	36.92	1:13.80	34
	Men's 1000 m	n/a		1:12.36	36

References

1. "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". Retrieved Feb 22, 2009.
2. "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". Retrieved Feb 22, 2009.
3. "Kazakhstan team roster" (PDF). Retrieved Mar 30, 2009.

• Yahoo! Sports – 2006 Winter Olympics – Kazakhstan at the Wayback Machine