Biography
Sardor Nurillaev is an Uzbek judoka who competes in the 66 kg category. He was born on 12 November 1994 in Samarkand. His younger brother Kemran also competes for Uzbekistan in judo.
In 2016 he reached the bronze-medal match at the Tashkent Grand Prix and finished fifth; in 2017 he was fifth at the Asian Championships. In 2018 he reached the final of the Grand Prix in Uzbekistan and took second place. In March 2019 he won the Marrakesh Grand Prix.
In 2021 he won the Grand Slam in Tbilisi, took bronze at the Tashkent and Tel Aviv tournaments and became champion of the Asian-Pacific Championships in Bishkek. At the Tokyo Olympics he lost his first 66 kg match to Denis Vieru of Moldova. That year he also won a bronze medal in the mixed team event at the World Championships in Budapest.
He has competed at the World Championships in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, and won bronze at the 2022 Antalya Grand Slam.
Life path
- 1994Born in Samarkand.
- 2018Second place at the Grand Prix in Uzbekistan.
- 2019Won the Marrakesh Grand Prix.
- 2021Gold at the Asian-Pacific Championships in Bishkek; bronze in the mixed team event at the World Championships.
- 2021Competed in the 66 kg event at the Tokyo Olympics.
- 2022Bronze at the Antalya Grand Slam.
Achievements
- 🥇Gold medalAsian-Pacific Championships, Bishkek (2021)
- 🥉Bronze medalWorld Championships, mixed team event (2021)
- 🥉Bronze medalAntalya Grand Slam (2022)