2011 Asian Winter Games
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Winter Games event in Kazakhstan
Key facts
- Host city
- Astana & Almaty , Kazakhstan
- Motto
- Unity of purpose ‒ unity of spirit! ( Kazakh : Мақсаты бірдің - рухы бір , romanized : Maqsaty bırdıñ - ruhy bır )
- Events
- 69 events in 5 sports
- Opening
- January 30, 2011
- Closing
- February 6, 2011
- Opened by
- Nursultan Nazarbayev , President of Kazakhstan
- Closed by
- Timothy Fok , Vice President of the Olympic Council of Asia
- Athlete s oath
- Nurbegen Zhumagaziyev (short-track ice skating)
- Judge s oath
- Keith Gee Kay Fong
- Torch lighter
- 7 Well known Kazakh athletes.
- Main venue
- Astana Arena (Opening) , Baluan Sholak Sports Palace (Closing)
- Website
- astana-almaty2011.kz (archived)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Located in
- Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
- Followed by
- 2017 Asian Winter Games
- Location
- Astana
- Sport
- ski orienteering
- Motto
- Мақсаты бірдің - рухы бір
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- end time
- 2011-02-06
- Commons category
- 2011 Asian Winter Games
- topic's main category
- Category:2011 Asian Winter Games
- point in time
- 2011-00-00
- sports season of league or competition
- Asian Winter Games
- number of participants
- 843
- start time
- 2011-01-30
- edition number
- 7
- officially opened by
- Nursultan Nazarbayev
- date of official closure
- 2011-02-06
- date of official opening
- 2011-00-00
- unveiled by
- Nursultan Nazarbayev
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Encyclopedic overview
The 2011 Asian Winter Games (Kazakh: 2011 жылғы қысқы Азия ойындары, romanized: 2011 jılğı qısqı Azïya oyındarı; Russian: Зимние Азиатские игры 2011 года, romanized: Zimniye Aziatskiye igry 2011 goda), also known as Astana-Almaty 2011 (Kazakh: Астана-Алматы 2011), were a continental winter multi-sport event held from January 30 to February 6, 2011 in Astana and Almaty, Kazakhstan. It was the first time that Kazakhstan hosted such a large event since independence from the Soviet Union. The documents for the hosting city were signed in Kuwait on March 4, 2006.
Preparation
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “2011 Asian Winter Games” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.