Dilshod Nazarov

Dilshod Nazarov

Nazarov at the 2017 Asian Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Tajik
Born	(1982-05-06) 6 May 1982 (age 42) Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Weight	120 kg (265 lb)
Sport
Country	Tajikistan
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hammer throw
Coached by	Yury Kuskunov
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Tajikistan Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Hammer throw World Championships 2015 Beijing Hammer throw Asian Games 2006 Doha Hammer throw 2010 Guangzhou Hammer throw 2014 Incheon Hammer throw 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Hammer throw Asian Championships 2005 Incheon Hammer throw 2007 Amman Hammer throw 2003 Manila Hammer throw Representing Asia-Pacific Continental Cup 2018 Ostrava Hammer throw
Updated on 23 August 2015

Dilshod Jamoliddinovich Nazarov (Tajik: Dilşod Çamoliddinovic Nazarov, Persian: دلشاد نظروف‌; Russian: Дильшод Джамолиддинович Назаров, Dilshod Dzhamoliddinovich Nazarov) (born 6 May 1982) is a Tajik track and field athlete who specializes in the hammer throw. He has represented his country at the Olympic Games on four occasions (in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016), winning the gold medal in Rio de Janeiro, the first gold medal for Tajikistan in the history of the Olympic Games.

He has competed seven times at the World Championships in Athletics (2005 to 2017), but has been most successful at regional competitions: he won medals at four consecutive Asian Athletics Championships and was the hammer champion at the Asian Games in 2006, 2010 and 2014. He won his first global medal (a silver) in 2010 at the IAAF Continental Cup.

His personal best for the event is 80.71 metres, set in 2013.