Almaty’s boxing team finished first in the overall medal standings at the men’s and women’s Kazakhstan championship in Taraz, winning six titles. The gold-medal tally is the city’s best in six years, the Almaty sports department said.
From 2021 to 2025, Almaty athletes won between two and four gold medals per season at national championships and the Kazakhstan Spartakiad. This year, six boxers from the city became champions. The number of titles tripled compared with last year’s national championship.
Almaty won 14 medals in total: six gold, four silver and four bronze. The men’s and women’s teams each contributed three championship titles.
The championship was held in Taraz and drew 369 athletes from 20 regions of the country. Winners and medalists were determined in ten weight classes for men and ten for women.
Gold medalists were Farukh Toktassynov (up to 70 kg), Nurbek Mursal (up to 75 kg), Daniyar Rakhimberdinov (over 90 kg), Viktoria Grafeeva (up to 60 kg), Bakyt Seidish (up to 70 kg) and Yeldana Talipova (over 80 kg).
Silver went to Sultanbek Aibaryly (up to 85 kg), Yersultan Sapar (over 90 kg), Nazym Kyzaibay (up to 54 kg) and Shahnaz Issayeva (up to 57 kg). Bronze medalists were Beknur Batyrbek (up to 85 kg), Yelyanur Turganova (up to 48 kg), Dana Didai (up to 70 kg) and Assel Toktassyn (over 80 kg).
