Nikita Rafalovich
Uzbekistani taekwondo athlete: 2018 Asian Games champion (80 kg), two-time World Championships silver medallist (2015, 2017) and Olympian.
- Occupation:
- Athlete, Taekwondo athlete
- Born:
- October 10 1993(33 years old) ♎
- Birthplace:
- Tashkent
Biography
Nikita Rafalovich was born on 10 October 1993 in Tashkent. An Uzbekistani taekwondo athlete, he has competed in the 74, 80, 87 and +80 kg classes.
He won silver at the World Championships in Chelyabinsk (2015) and Muju (2017) at 74 kg and bronze at 87 kg in Guadalajara (2022). At the Asian Games he took silver in Incheon (2014, 74 kg) and gold in Jakarta (2018, 80 kg). He won the Asian Championships in 2018 (74 kg) and 2022 (87 kg), took silver in 2016 and bronze in Tashkent in 2014.
On the World Taekwondo Grand Prix circuit he won bronze in Abidjan (2017) and Moscow (2018) and silver in Rome and Taiyuan (2023, +80 kg), plus Grand Slam bronze in Wuxi (2019). He competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics (80 kg) and the 2024 Paris Olympics (+80 kg) and qualified for Tokyo 2020.
Life path
- 2014Asian Games silver
Incheon, 74 kg; Asian Championships bronze (Tashkent).
- 2015World Championships silver
Chelyabinsk, 74 kg.
- 2016Rio Olympics
80 kg; Asian Championships silver.
- 2017World Championships silver
Muju, 74 kg.
- 2018Asian Games champion
Jakarta, 80 kg; Asian champion (74 kg).
- 2022World Championships bronze
Guadalajara, 87 kg; Asian champion.
- 2023World Grand Prix silver
Rome and Taiyuan, +80 kg.
- 2024Paris Olympics
+80 kg.
Achievements
- 🥇WinnerAsian Games (2018)
- 🥈Silver medalAsian Games (2014)
- 🥈Silver medalWorld Championships (2015)
- 🥈Silver medalWorld Championships (2017)
- 🥉Bronze medalWorld Championships (2022)
- 🥇WinnerAsian Championships (2018)
- 🥇WinnerAsian Championships (2022)
- 🥈Silver medalAsian Championships (2016)
- 🥉Bronze medalAsian Championships (2014)