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Akbar Djuraev

1999 - Today

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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 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Akbar Djuraev is the 6,850th most popular athlete (down from 6,222nd in 2024), the 217th most popular biography from Uzbekistan (down from 200th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Uzbekistani Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Akbar Djuraev ranks 6,850 out of 6,025. Before him are Rhonex Kipruto, Anjelina Lohalith, Liao Qiuyun, Konstantinos Filippidis, Dirk Uittenbogaard, and Ana Zaninović. After him are Luis Cruz, Natalia Madaj, Ingrid Oliveira, Kim Sun-woo, Tomoka Takeuchi, and Priscilla Lopes-Schliep.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1999, Akbar Djuraev ranks 492. Before 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 217 out of 190. Before him are Vokhid Shodiev (1986), Bektemir Melikuziev (1996), Svetlana Radzivil (1987), Artyom Filiposyan (1988), Lenur Temirov (1990), and Milana Vayntrub (1987). After him are Svetlana Osipova (2000), Anton Kokorin (1987), Abdumalik Khalokov (2000), Muminjon Abdullaev (null), Rustam Tulaganov (1991), and Azizjon Ganiev (1998).

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Among ATHLETES In Uzbekistan

Among athletes born in Uzbekistan, Akbar Djuraev ranks 20. Before 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), Anton Kokorin (1987), Muminjon Abdullaev (null), Ekaterina Voronina (1992), Nikita Rafalovich (1993), and Paweł Tarnowski (null).

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