Andrey Hakimovich Abduvaliyev (; born 30 June 1966) is a former

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Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

i, and

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er. He won a gold medal at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

while representing the Unified Team. After competing for

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he chose to represent

when USSR was dissolved. In 1997 he changed his nationality to

, thus becoming one of the very few

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to compete for three states. His second Olympic participation was in

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while representing Uzbekistan. His personal best was 83.46 m in 1990.

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* 1966 births Living people Athletes from Saint Petersburg Soviet male hammer throwers Tajikistani male hammer throwers Uzbekistani male hammer throwers Olympic athletes for the Unified Team Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team Olympic athletes for Uzbekistan Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Asian Games silver medalists for Uzbekistan Asian Games athletes for Uzbekistan Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Goodwill Games medalists in athletics World Athletics Championships athletes for Tajikistan World Athletics Championships medalists Soviet Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games Asian Athletics Championships winners Asian Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Uzbekistan-athletics-bio-stub