Abylaikhan Zhuzbay

Abylaikhan Zhuzbay (Russian: Абылайха́н Жузба́й; born 18 November 1993) is a Kazakhstani male curler.^[1] He is currently the skip of the Kazakhstan men's national curling team, and has represented Kazakhstan in multiple world-level championships, including the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, Pan Continental Curling Championships, World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, World Mixed Curling Championship, the 2017 Winter Universiade, and at the 2017 and 2025 editions of the Asian Winter Games.

Abylaikhan Zhuzbay
Curler
Born	(1993-11-18) 18 November 1993 (age 31)
Team
Skip	Abylaikhan Zhuzbay
Third	Aidos Alliyar
Second	Adil Zhumagozha
Lead	Yermek Mussainov
Alternate	Arman Irjanov
Mixed doubles partner	Sitora Alliyarova
Coach	Anton Batugin
Curling career
Member Association	Kazakhstan
World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances	2 (2018, 2019)
Pacific-Asia Championship appearances	6 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Pan Continental Championship appearances	1 (2024)
Other appearances	Asian Winter Games: 2 (2017, 2025) World Mixed Curling Championship: 5 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2024) Winter Universiade: 1 (2017)
Medal record Men's curling Representing  Kazakhstan

Zhuzbay originally retired in 2020, but came back in 2025 to lead the national team at the 2025 Asian Winter Games.^[2]

Teams and events

Men's

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Events
2014–15	Aleksandr Orlov (fourth)	Viktor Kim (skip)	Ilya Kuznetsov	Muzdybay Kudaibergenov	Abylaikhan Zhuzbay	Viktor Kim	PACC 2014 (7th)
2015–16	Viktor Kim	Abylaikhan Zhuzbay	Daniel Kim	Muzdybay Kudaibergenov	Abilay Nurumbetov		PACC 2015 (7th)
2016–17	Viktor Kim	Abylaikhan Zhuzbay	Muzdybay Kudaibergenov	Dmitriy Garagul	Renas Akhmad	Viktor Kim	PACC 2016 (8th)
	Daniel Kim	Abylaikhan Zhuzbay	Dmitriy Garagul	Renas Akhmad	Tamerlan Irgebay	Viktor Kim	WUG 2017 (10th)
	Viktor Kim	Abylaikhan Zhuzbay	Dmitriy Garagul	Muzdybay Kudaibergenov	Abilay Nurumbetov	Roman Kazimirchik	AWG 2017 (5th)
2017–18	Viktor Kim	Abylaikhan Zhuzbay	Joan Akhmad	Dinislam Aimishev		Viktor Kim	PACC 2017 (9th)
2018–19	Abylaikhan Zhuzbay (Fourth)	Viktor Kim (Skip)	Roman Kazimirchik	Muzdybay Kudaibergenov	Azizbek Nadirbayev	Sitora Alliyarova	PACC 2018 (8th)
2024–25	Abylaikhan Zhuzbay	Madiyar Korabayev	Aidos Alliyar	Ibragim Tastemir	Arman Irjanov	Anton Batugin	PCCC 2024 B-Division
		Aidos Alliyar	Adil Zhumagozha	Yermek Mussainov			AWG 2025 (TBD)

Mixed

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Coach	Events
2015–16	Viktor Kim	Olga Ten	Abylaikhan Zhuzbay	Nargiz Issayeva		WMxCC 2015 (36th)
2016–17	Viktor Kim	Olga Ten	Abylaikhan Zhuzbay	Anastassya Surgay		WMxCC 2016 (34th)
2017–18	Viktor Kim	Sitora Alliyarova	Abylaikhan Zhuzbay	Angelina Ebauyer	Muzdybay Kudaibergenov	WMxCC 2017 (35th)
2018–19	Viktor Kim	Sitora Alliyarova	Abylaikhan Zhuzbay	Angelina Ebauyer	Roman Kazimirchik	WMxCC 2018 (34th)
2019–20	Viktor Kim	Sitora Alliyarova	Abylaikhan Zhuzbay	Angelina Ebauyer		WMxCC 2019 (19th)
2019–20	Abylaikhan Zhuzbay	Tilsimay Alliyarova	Aidos Alliyar	Merey Tastemir		WMxCC 2024 (9th)

Mixed doubles

Season	Male	Female	Coach	Events
2017–18	Abylaikhan Zhuzbay	Sitora Alliyarova	Viktor Kim	WMDCC 2018 (23rd)
2018–19	Abylaikhan Zhuzbay	Sitora Alliyarova	Viktor Kim	WMDCC 2019 (25th)