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Akbar Djuraev

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Akbar Djuraev is the 5,898th most popular athlete (up from 6,188th in 2019), the 196th most popular biography from Uzbekistan (up from 200th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Uzbekistani Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Akbar Djuraev ranks 5,904 out of 6,025Before him are Daniel Dhers, Natalya Voronina, Mahé Drysdale, Rune Glifberg, Julia Lier, Jessica Fox, Rhonex Kipruto, Anjelina Lohalith, Liao Qiuyun, Konstantinos Filippidis, Dirk Uittenbogaard, and Ana Zaninović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1999, Akbar Djuraev ranks 492Before him are Dmytro Riznyk, Meerim Zhumanazarova, Fuka Nagano, David Carmo, Kristian Thorstvedt, and Rhonex Kipruto. After him are Đorđe Jovanović, Joël Piroe, Adam Gnezda Čerin, Mete Gazoz, Kim Min-seok, and Oier Zarraga.

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Akbar Djuraev ranks 197 out of 190Before him are Islom Tukhtakhujaev (1989), Shakhobidin Zoirov (1993), Rozalia Galiyeva (1977), Bektemir Melikuziev (1996), Svetlana Radzivil (1987), Lenur Temirov (1990), and Milana Vayntrub (1987). After him are Svetlana Osipova (2000), Abdumalik Khalokov (2000), Muminjon Abdullaev (null), Rustam Tulaganov (1991), and Azizjon Ganiev (1998).

Among ATHLETES In Uzbekistan

Among athletes born in Uzbekistan, Akbar Djuraev ranks 18Before him are Kim Yeong-nam (null), Ulugbek Rashitov (2002), Ikhtiyor Navruzov (1989), Moses Ndiema Kipsiro (1986), Svetlana Radzivil (1987), and Lenur Temirov (1990). After him are Svetlana Osipova (2000), Muminjon Abdullaev (null), Ekaterina Voronina (1992), Nikita Rafalovich (1993), Paweł Tarnowski (null), and Ildar Hafizov (1988).