President of Kazakhstan Boxing Federation Timur Kulibayev celebrated his 50th birthday

President of the Kazakhstan Boxing Federation Mr. Timur Kulibayev celebrated his 50th birthday yesterday. He is not only appointed as President of the one of the strongest boxing nation but as a businessman he is one of the most successful people in Kazakhstan.
Mr. Timur Kulibayev was born in Almaty on September 10 in 1966 and after long studies he graduated from the Moscow State University named after Mikhail Lomonosov as an economist. He was director of the Research and Consultative Center and he was the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Almaty Trade and Industry Bank. He is the most important business figure in Kazakhstan who is the son-in-law of Kazakh President Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Following his business career and public activities he joined to the world of boxing which is also a key factor in Kazakhstan. Since 2009 he is the President of the Kazakhstan Boxing Federation and his team worked hard to the country’s successes in the recent years under the leadership of Mr. Timur Kulibayev.
Since he joined as President of the Kazakhstan Boxing Federation the Central Asian boxing power could host the AIBA Junior World Boxing Championships in 2011, the AIBA World Boxing Championships in 2013 and the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in 2016. Kazakhstan topped the team rankings in several AIBA and ASBC events in the recent years while their boxers finally claimed five medals in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
The Kulibayev Prizes Tournament has been helding each year in the city of Atyrau which is very active in the boxing map. The last edition was held before the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in July 1-5 when Kazakhstan claimed eight gold medals but Uzbekistan and Poland was also able to get one title in Atyrau.
He speaks Kazakh, Russian and English fluently and has got three children: Altay, Deniza and Alishya. He is also an avid fan of sports, especially golf, and often competes in strong golf competitions as well.