By the resolution of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR dated January 01, 1934, the Kazakh State University named after S.M. Kirov was opened on January 15. Since 1948, the Department of Physical Education and Sports has been operating independently at the University. At the same time, the beginning of the spartakiads between faculties among students, teachers and staff of the university was initiated.

In 1950, the KazSU sports club was opened and the first chairman of the KazSU sports club was elected Vice-rector for Academic Affairs Sokolov Vladimir Alekseevich, professor.

Students and graduates of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University have repeatedly represented our university and our country at national and international competitions – at World Championships, Asian Championships, World University Games and Olympic Games.

The elite of world sports includes student-athletes of the university

Among them are such sports stars as:

Two-time Olympic basketball champion Nadezhda Olkhova (1976-1980)

Olympic boxing champion Ermakhan Ibraimov (1996)

Olympic weightlifting champion Svetlana Podobedova (2012)

Olympic swimming champion Dmitry Balandin (2016)

Bronze medalists of the 2021 Olympic Games:

Eldos Smetov – Judo wrestling

Nurislam Sanaev – freestyle wrestling 

Igor Son – weightlifting 

Zhumagali Nurdaulet – swimming 

Student-athletes improve their sports skills at international and national competitions of various levels: Asian, World, European, Kazakh championships, Asian Games, World Student Games, World and Republican Universiades.

Student–athletes of the University are members of the national teams of the Republic of Kazakhstan and have high sporting achievements.

The university's national teams include Masters of Sports of international class, Masters of Sports and candidates for Masters of Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The national team of al-Farabi Kazakh National University is a multiple winner of the Summer Universiade of Universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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