Sport | Speed Skating | |
NOC | Kazakhstan | |
Born | 07 Mar 2002
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Gender | Men |
Residence | Nur-Sultan, KAZ | |
Occupation | Athlete, Student | |
Languages | Kazakh, Russian |
www.facebook.com/bakdaulet.sagatov |
Name of coach | Dmitry Babenko [national], KAZ | |
When and where did you begin this sport? | He took up the sport in 2013, at age 11, in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. | |
Reason for choosing this sport | "Since childhood, I have loved speed and adrenaline. Coaches came to our school and recruited children to speed skating. That's when I began skating and found that I liked it." |
Hero / Idol | Kazakhstani boxer Gennady Golovkin, Kazakhstani figure skater Denis Ten. (Athlete, 12 Nov 2021) | |
Ambitions | To compete at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. (Athlete, 12 Nov 2021) | |
Awards and honours | He has received the title of Master of Sport in Kazakhstan. (skating.kz, 26 Oct 2021) | |
Hobbies | Hiking in the mountains. (Athlete, 12 Nov 2021) | |
Memorable sporting achievement | Setting a junior national record in 5000m at the 2020/21 World Cup event in Heerenveen, Netherlands. (Athlete, 12 Nov 2021) |