Abdullo Tangriev
Uzbek judoka (+100 kg): silver medallist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and medallist at World, Asian and Asian Games events.
Biography
Abdullo Tangriev was born on 28 March 1981 in the Surkhandarya region. He took up judo at 10, trained under Vladimir Pyataev from 1991 (according to Russian Wikipedia) and at 19 joined Uzbekistan's Olympic team. He competed in the heavyweight (+100 kg) and open categories and also in kurash.
At the Olympics he competed in Sydney in 2000, won silver in the +100 kg class in Beijing in 2008, and finished fifth at Rio 2016. At World Championships he won open-category bronze in 2003 and gold in 2011, and +100 kg bronze in 2005 and 2009.
At the Asian Championships he won gold in 2003, 2007, 2008 and 2011 (+100 kg) and in 2005 (open), and silver in 2016. At the Asian Games he took silver in 2002 and bronze in 2006 and 2014. At the 2003 Universiade in Daegu he won two golds (+100 kg and open).
His state honours include the title «O'zbekiston iftixori», the title Honoured Athlete of Uzbekistan and the «Shuhrat» medal.
Awards
Pride of UzbekistanUzbekistan
Honoured Sportsman of UzbekistanUzbekistan
Medal «Shuhrat» (Glory)Uzbekistan
Life path
- 1991Judo
Began training under V. Pyataev (per Russian Wikipedia).
- 2000Sydney Olympics
First Olympics; no medal.
- 2003World Championships bronze
Osaka, open category; also Asian Championships (+100 kg) and Universiade gold.
- 2008Beijing Olympic silver
+100 kg.
- 2009World Championships bronze
Rotterdam, +100 kg.
- 2011World champion (open)
Tyumen; also Asian Championships (+100 kg) gold.
- 2014Asian Games bronze
Incheon, +100 kg.
- 2016Rio Olympics
Fifth place.
Achievements
- 🥈Silver medalAsian Games, Busan (2002)
- 🥉Bronze medalAsian Games, Doha (2006)
- 🥉Bronze medalAsian Games, Incheon (2014)
- 🥉Bronze medalWorld Championships, Osaka (2003)
- 🥉Bronze medalWorld Championships, Rio de Janeiro (2005)
- 🥉Bronze medalWorld Championships, Rotterdam (2009)
- 🥇Gold medalWorld Championships, Tyumen (2011)
- 🥈Silver medalOlympic Games, Beijing (2008)
- 55th placeOlympic Games, Rio de Janeiro (2016)
- 🥇Gold medalUniversiade, Daegu (2003)
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