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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]] Astana Water Polo Club [[Barys Astana]] [[FC Astana]] [[BC Astana]] Astana Arlans [[Astana Dakar Team]] [[Denis Ten]] [[Ilya Ilyin]] [[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 kg) and the overall total (418 kg) in the 94 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}}

{{Astana Presidential Sports Club}}
[[Category:Astana Presidential Sports Club| ]]
[[Category:Multi-sport clubs in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Sport in Astana]]

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