Kaisar Nurmaganbetov (born August 5, 1977 in

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) is a Kazakhstani

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who has competed since 1995. At the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-2 500 m and the C-2 1000 m events. Four years later, Nurmaganbetov again reached the semifinals, in the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000 m events but that is where he was eliminated. He was eliminated in the semifinals of those

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events at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in Athens. For his most recent Summer Olympics in Beijing, Nurmaganbetov was eliminated in the semifinals of the C-2 500 m event.

References

* 1977 births Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Kazakhstani male canoeists Living people Sportspeople from Karaganda Region Olympic canoeists for Kazakhstan Asian Games medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 1998 Asian Games Canoeists at the 2002 Asian Games Canoeists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan {{Kazakhstan-canoe-bio-stub