Kazakhstan at the 2006 Winter Olympics |
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IOC code | KAZ | ||||||||
NOC | National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan | ||||||||
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in Turin | |||||||||
Competitors | 56 (44 men, 12 women) in 7 sports | ||||||||
Flag bearer |
Aleksandr Koreshkov (opening) Radik Zhaparov (closing) |
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Medals |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
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.