Ulugbek Rashitov (born 23 March 2002) is an Uzbekistani taekwondo practitioner. He won the gold medal in the Men's 68 kg event at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. In 2019, he won the gold medal in the 58 kg event at the Military World Games held in Wuhan, China.[1]
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| Born | 23 March 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Uzbekistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University team | National University of Uzbekistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Pavel Khan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editIn 2018, he won the silver medal in the boys' 48 kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 2019, Rashitov won the gold medal in the 55 kg event at the Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships.[2]
Rashitov represented Uzbekistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He won gold, beating Bradly Sinden of Great Britain in the final.[3][4] At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 68 kg weight category. In qualifying, he defeated Seydou Fofana from Mali In the 1/8 finals, he defeated two-time Olympic medalist from South Korea Lee Dae-Hoon.[5] In the semi-finals, he went to dayan against Nedžad Husić[6] (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and won a landslide victory with a score of 28:5. In the final, he defeated the British taekwondo player Bradley Sinden with a score of 34:29,[citation needed] winning the first gold medal at the Olympic Taekwondo Games in the history of the Uzbekistan national team.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Results – Page 434" (PDF). wuhan2019mwg.cn. 2019 Military World Games. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ Palmer, Dan (22 July 2019). "Iran dominate Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships with 10 gold medals". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ Palmer, Dan (25 July 2021). "Rashitov and Zolotic win Olympic taekwondo titles as refugee team's Alizadeh agonisingly misses bronze". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Korean taekwondo star Lee Dae-hoon announces retirement". The Korea Times. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ Group, Online Service. "Ulugbek Rashitov has reached the semifinals!". olympic.uz. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Ulugbek Rashitov wins historic taekwondo medal for Uzbekistan | NBC Olympics". nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
External links
edit- Ulugbek Rashitov profile at World Taekwondo
- Ulugbek Rashitov ranking at World Taekwondo
- Ulugbek Rashitov at TaekwondoData.com
- Ulugbek Rashitov at Olympics.com
- Ulugbek Rashitov at Olympedia
- Ulugbek Rashitov on Instagram
- Ulugbek Rashitov on Telegram
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