Kazakhstan at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics explained

Noc:	KAZ
Bronze:	0
Silver:	0
Gold:	1
Rank:	7
Sports:	4
Competitors:	40
Location:	Valtellina, Valchiavenna
Year:	2019
Games:	Winter Deaflympics

Kazakhstan competed at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics which was held in Valtellina and Valchiavenna, Italy, from December 12 to 21, 2019. Kazakhstan was one of the 34 nations to compete at the multi-sport event. This was the nation's second appearance at the Winter Deaflympics, after making its debut in 2015.^[1] It sent a delegation consisting of 40 athletes for the event.^[2]

Chess

See main article: Chess at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics.

Kazakhstan won the gold medal in the men's team event.^[3]

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics.

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics. The women's team was not eligible to compete at the event as the women's ice hockey event was canceled by the organizers and by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf due to the low number of participants.^[4]

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kazakhstan. Deaflympics.com. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191008055228/http://deaflympics.com/countries/KAZ. 2019-10-08. 2019-09-13.
2. Web site: Kazakhstan to vie for top honors at Deaflympics in Italy. INFORM.KZ. 2019-12-07. www.inform.kz. ru. 2019-12-10.
3. Web site: Chess. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200719134429/http://www.2019deaflympics.com/schedule-chess/. 19 July 2020. 19 July 2020. 2019 Winter Deaflympics.
4. Web site: Cancellation of Women’s Hockey 2019 Winter Deaflympics in Italy – Manitoba Deaf Sports Association. en-CA. 2019-09-13.