Karaganda tennis player Alan Kurmangaliev won the international tournament in Uzbekistan

The young Karaganda tennis player Alan Kurmangaliev replenished the piggy bank of his medals. He won gold at the WTT Youth Contender Tashkent 2025 international tournament in Uzbekistan.

About 300 racquet masters from 16 countries competed in the table tennis championship. Athletes between the ages of 11 and 19 participated.

The national team of Kazakhstan won seven medals: three gold, one silver and three bronze. In the under-19 age category, Alan Kurmangaliev from Karaganda rose to the highest step of the podium.

Alan Kurmangaliev, despite his young age, is one of the elite table tennis players in the country. He is an international master, a member of the national team of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a multiple winner and prize-winner of international competitions.

Alan joined table tennis at the age of seven and immediately showed his abilities. Two years later, he won the Kazakhstan mini-cadet championship, although he was three years younger than his rivals. He became the youngest master of sports in the history of Kazakhstani table tennis. In 2019, the International ITF Federation recognized Alan Kurmangaliev as the best mini-cadet in the world. And in 2022, he reached the first place in the ITTF ranking among cadets.