Alan Kurmangaliyev became the first world table tennis champion from Kazakhstan
Alan Kurmangaliyev won the gold medal at the 19th Junior World Championship. The athlete from Karaganda achieved such an excellent result in mixed doubles together with Hana Goda from Egypt.
The World Championship was held in Tunisia. In the final match, the Kazakh-Egyptian duo was stronger than Thiago Abiodan and Maria Berzosa (Portugal/Spain).
By training hard and improving his skills, this year the Karaganda tennis player won 19 medals at international competitions.
"This is history! Our young Alan Kurmangaliyev became the world champion. Our whole big table tennis family is incredibly happy with this result and appreciates it as a result of hard work and love of the athlete for his work. And today he has made history by becoming the first world table tennis champion from Kazakhstan. Our country has reached a new international level in this sport. This is a very important and touching moment for all of us. I express my gratitude to coach Elmira Aliyeva, who brought up our champion. I sincerely congratulate Alan and all the fans of table tennis. We are proud of our athlete!" said Daniyar Abulgazin, President of the Table Tennis Federation.