The former Soviet state has competed in the summer Olympics since 1996. A total of 39 medals have been won by Kazakh athletes in these summer games.
Nine different Kazakh athletes have won one gold medal each in the summer Olympics, with the most recent examples at Beijing 2008 by Bakhyt Sarsekbayev and Ilya Ilyin. Sarsekbayev (pictured) won gold in the men's middleweight division, going to the distance in the middleweight final, and decisively defeated Carlos Banteux (CUB). Ilyin, a weightlifter, also won gold at Beijing in the men's middle heavyweight class.
As of now 66 Kazakh athletes are headed to London and will compete in 11 events, including athletics, boxing, cycling, modern pentathlon, shooting, swimming, taekwondo, weightlifting, wrestling, as well as in men's water polo.
Up next: Kenya
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