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Shakhboz Kholmurzaev

Uzbek rower: 2018 Asian Games champion in the double sculls and Olympian in 2016 and 2020.

Occupation:
Athlete, Rower
Born:
February 26 1996(30 years old) ♓
Birthplace:
Bekabad, Tashkent Region

Biography

Shakhboz Kholmurzaev is an Uzbek rower. He was born on 26 February 1996 in Bekabad in the Tashkent region. He raced in youth championships from 2011, became Uzbekistan's adult champion for the first time in 2013 and won silver at the 2014 Asian Junior Championships. He studied at the Bekabad industrial college in 2012–2015 and from 2015 at the Uzbek State Institute of Physical Culture.

In April 2016 he finished seventh at the Asia and Oceania Olympic qualification regatta and earned a place at the Rio Olympics, where he placed 22nd in the single sculls. In September 2016 he won silver at the Asian Championships with Shakhboz Abdujabborov, and in 2017 bronze in the lightweight single sculls.

At the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta he finished fourth in the lightweight single sculls and won gold in the double sculls. At the Tokyo Olympics he placed 16th in the lightweight double sculls. On 28 June 2019 he received the «Mard o'g'lon» state prize.

Education

Life path

  1. 2013
    Uzbekistan champion (adults).
  2. 2016
    Rio Olympics (single sculls, 22nd); silver at the Asian Championships.
  3. 2017
    Asian bronze (lightweight single sculls).
  4. 2018
    Asian Games champion (double sculls).
  5. 2019
    «Mard o'g'lon» state prize.
  6. 2021
    Tokyo Olympics (16th).

Achievements

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    Silver medal
    Asian Junior Championships (2014)
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    Silver medal
    Asian Championships (2016)
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    Bronze medal
    Asian Championships, lightweight single sculls (2017)
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    Gold medal
    Asian Games, double sculls (2018)