Background
Zharmukhamedov, Alzhan was born on October 2, 1944 in near Tashkent, Uzbek SSR.
Zharmukhamedov, Alzhan was born on October 2, 1944 in near Tashkent, Uzbek SSR.
Graduated from the Uzbek Institute of Physical Culture, 1967.
He played for CSKA Moscow (1969–1979). In 1971 he earned the title Master of Sports of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, International Class and a year later he was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor. He currently lives in Moscow.
However, not being able to find any support, he finally decided to move to Moscow, where he was able to earn a world fame as a basketball player.
He served as a captain of the combined basketball team of Soviet Union for a long period, and was able to be a playing trainer until he reached an age of 45.
While being young and driven with feelings of patriotism, he moved to Almaty (Alma-Ata at that time) in order to defend the titles of Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic"s national team