Dynamo Alma-Ata

Dynamo Alma-Ata (Russian: Динамо Алма-Ата) was in the Soviet era, a multi-sports club from the then capital of Kazakhstan, Almaty. The club took part in wrestling, gymnastics, athletics, hockey, bandy, and, most successfully, water polo. Well-known representatives of Dynamo were the competitive artistic gymnast Valeri Liukin, the pole vaulter Grigoriy Yegorov, as well as the wrestlers Anatoly Nazarenko, Shamil Serikov and Anatoly Bykov. The co-founder of FC Spartak Moscow, Nikolai Starostin, coached both the football and hockey teams during his exile in Alma-Ata.

Departments

Bandy

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

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.