Dynamo Alma-Ata (russian: Динамо Алма-Ата) was a multi-sports club from the then capital of

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Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of ...

in the Soviet era. The club participated in wrestling, gymnastics, athletics, water polo, bandy, and the most successful branch, hockey. Several players combined bandy in the winter with hockey in the summer.

Notables

Well-known members included the competitive artistic gymnast

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, the pole vaulter

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, as well as the wrestlers

Anatoly Nazarenko Anatoly Ivanovich Nazarenko (Анатолий Иванович Назаренко, born 19 December 1948 in Alma-Ata) is a Kazakhstani former wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as ...

Shamil Serikov Shamil Serikov (5 March 1956 in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR – 22 November 1989) was a Soviet wrestler and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow where he won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Ro ...

and Anatoly Bykov. The co-founder of

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, coached both the football and hockey teams during his exile in

Alma-Ata Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of ...

Sports

Water polo

The water polo men's team won Soviet Water Polo Championships in 1981 and 1982. In the 1982-83 season Dynamo's water polo team reached the European Champions cup final. Dynamo played a double final against Spandau 04 but after a 10:7 win in the first leg, the Soviet team lost the title, defeated by the West Germans in the second leg with a 6:10 score.

Bandy

In 1977 and in 1990, the club became Soviet national champions in

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

and in 1978 won the

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Hockey

The team became Soviet champions eighteen times.

References

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