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| Nationality | Uzbekistani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 October 1999[1] Tashkent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108.55 kg (239.3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Uzbekistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 109 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Mansurbek Chashemov Bakhrom Abdumalikov[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Akbar Djuraev (born 8 October 1999) is an Uzbekistani weightlifter, Olympic Champion and Junior World Champion. He won the gold medal in the men's 109 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He also won the gold medal in the men's 109 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[3]
He competed in the 105 kg category until 2018, and the 102 kg and 109 kg categories starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[4]
He holds the junior world record in the snatch and total in the 102 kg division, as well as the snatch, clean & jerk and total in the 109 kg division.
- ^ "Akbar Djuraev Results". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ "Athlete Biography". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (16 December 2021). "Home fans celebrate as Djuraev adds weightlifting world title to Olympic gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 102 kg" (PDF). Ashgabat2018.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.