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{{Infobox sports club
| name             = Astana Presidential Sports Club
| logo             = Astana Presidential Club Logo.png
| city             = [[Astana]], [[Kazakhstan]]
| members          = [[Astana Pro Team]]<br>Astana Water Polo Club<br>[[Barys Astana]]<br>[[FC Astana]]<br>[[BC Astana]]<br>Astana Arlans<br>[[Astana Dakar Team]]<br>[[Denis Ten]]<br>[[Ilya Ilyin]]<br>[[Gennady Golovkin]]
| founded          = December 24, 2012
| president        = [[Bakhtiyar Artayev]]
}}
The '''Astana Presidential Sports Club''' ({{lang-kk|Астана Президенттік спорт клубы}}; full: Professional Presidential Sports Club Astana: {{lang-kk|Астана Президенттік профессионалды спорт клубы}}) is a [[Sports club|multi-sports club]] founded by [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]] in 2012 to develop the brand [[Astana]] and the capital of [[Kazakhstan]], and to support sports teams and athletes that represent Kazakhstan in the international arena.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=The Astana Times|title=Astana Presidential Sports Club Launched|author=Ilyas Omarov |url=http://www.astanatimes.com/2013/07/astana-presidential-sports-club-launched/|date=July 4, 2013|accessdate=October 31, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=TengriNews.kz|title=President's sport club opened in Astana|url=http://en.tengrinews.kz/politics_sub/Presidents-sport-club-opened-in-Astana-15502/ |date=December 24, 2012|accessdate=October 31, 2013}}</ref> The club is sponsored by national welfare fund [[Samruk-Kazyna]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Samruk-Kazyna|title=In Astana, there was presented a new multi-sport club «Astana»|url=http://sk.kz/event/view/165?lang=en |date=July 5, 2013|accessdate=October 31, 2013}}</ref> [[Bakhtiyar Artayev]] was appointed as a president of the club.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=TengriNews.kz|title=Bakhtiyar Artayev heads 'Astana' Presidential Sports Club|url=http://www.bnews.kz/en/news/post/116646/ |date=December 24, 2012|accessdate=March 23, 2014}}</ref>

==Members==

===Teams===
*'''Astana Arlans''' - an amateur [[boxing]] team, competes in the [[World Series of Boxing]] tournament. They are champion of [[2012–13 World Series of Boxing|2012–13 WSB season]].
*'''[[Astana Dakar Team]]''' - a [[rally raid]] team, competes in the [[Dakar Rally]].
*'''[[Astana Pro Team]]''' - a professional [[road bicycle racing]] [[cycling team|team]], competes in the [[UCI World Tour]].
*'''Astana Water Polo Club''' - a professional [[water polo]] team, competes in the National Water Polo Championship.
*'''[[Barys Astana]]''' - an [[ice hockey]] team, plays in the [[Kontinental Hockey League]] (KHL).
*'''[[FC Astana]]''' - a [[football]] team, plays in the [[Kazakhstan Premier League]].
*'''[[BC Astana]]''' - a [[basketball]] team, plays in the [[VTB United League]].

===Individual===
*'''[[Denis Ten]]''' - a [[figure skater]]. He is the [[Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's singles|2014 Olympic bronze medalist]], the [[2013 World Figure Skating Championships|2013 World silver medalist]] and the [[Figure skating at the 2011 Asian Winter Games|2011 Asian Winter Games champion]]. 
*'''[[Gennady Golovkin]]''' - a professional [[boxing|boxer]] who is the current [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] and [[International Boxing Organisation|IBO]] [[List of middleweight boxing champions|Middleweight Champion]]. Joined to club on November 12, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Kazakh TV|title=Gennady Golovkin to join ‘Astana’ President’s professional club|url=http://www.kazakh-tv.kz/en/view/sport/page_35197_gennady-golovkin-to-join-‘astana’-president’s-professional-club|date=November 14, 2013|accessdate=November 20, 2013}}</ref>
*'''[[Ilya Ilyin]]''' - a [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]]. Ilyin has won two Asian and Olympic championships and three world championships. He is currently the world and Olympic record holder in both the clean and jerk (233&nbsp;kg) and the overall total (418&nbsp;kg) in the 94&nbsp;kg class. He is Kazakhstan's first two-time Olympic champion.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://astana-sport.com/}}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{kk icon}} / {{ru icon}}

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