Diyora Keldiyorova (; born 13 July 1998 in Juma,

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) is an Olympic champion Uzbek

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ka. She won the gold medal in the women's 52kg event at the

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held in

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. She is also a two-time silver medalist in the women's 52kg event at the

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(2023 and 2024). In 2019, she won the gold medal in her event at the Asian-Pacific Judo Championships held in Fujairah,

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. She is the first Uzbek woman to win a Grand Slam tournament in judo. She is the first athlete in the history of Uzbekistan to win gold in judo at the Olympic Games and also the first Uzbek woman athlete to win a gold medal at the Summer Olympics.

Career

Keldiyorova won one of the bronze medals in the girls' 44kg event at the

2013 Asian Youth Games The 2013 Asian Youth Games or AYG 2013 ( zh, c=2013年亚洲青年运动会, p=Èr Líng yī sān Nián Yàzhōu Qīngnián Yùndònghuì), officially the 2nd Asian Youth Games ( zh, c=第二届亚洲青年运动会, p=Dìèr Jiè Yàzhōu Qīngni ...

held in Nanjing, China. In 2018, Keldiyorova competed in the women's 48kg event at the

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in Jakarta, Indonesia. She entered into the

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after losing her second match, against Ami Kondo of Japan, and she was then eliminated from the competition in her match against Jon Yu-sun of North Korea. At the

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held in Naples, Italy, Keldiyorova won one of the bronze medals in the women's 52kg event. In the women's 52kg event at the

2019 Military World Games The 2019 Military World Games ( zh, c=2019年世界军人运动会, p=nián shìjiè jūnrén yùndònghuì), officially known as the 7th CISM Military World Games, ( zh, c=第七届世界军人运动会, p=dì qī jiè shìjiè jūnrén yùndòng ...

held in Wuhan, China she also won one of the bronze medals. In 2019, Keldiyorova won one of the bronze medals in her event at the

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held in Qingdao, China. In 2021, she competed in the women's 52kg event at the

held in Doha, Qatar. A few months later, she won the gold medal in her event at the

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held in Antalya, Turkey and the silver medal at the

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held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. In June 2021, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's 52kg event at the

held in Budapest, Hungary. Keldiyorova lost her bronze medal match in her event at the

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held in Tel Aviv, Israel. She won the silver medal in her event at the

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held in Antalya, Turkey. Keldiyorova won the silver medal in the women's 52kg event at the

2023 World Judo Championships The 2023 World Judo Championships were held at the Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena in Doha, Qatar, from 7 to 14 May 2023 as part of the IJF World Tour and during the 2024 Summer Olympics qualification period, concluding with a mixed team event ...

held in Doha, Qatar. In 2024, she won a bronze medal at the

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held in Hong Kong, China. Keldiyorova won the silver medal in the women's 52kg event at the

2024 World Judo Championships The 2024 World Judo Championships was held at the Mubadala Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from 19 to 24 May 2024 as part of the IJF World Tour and during the Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification, 2024 Summer Olympics q ...

held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. She lost against Odette Giuffrida of Italy in her gold medal match. On July 28, 2024, at the Olympics in Paris, Diyora Keldiyorova in the 1/16 with a clear ippon 10:1 took revenge for the defeat in the Qatar final of 2023 to the Japanese Uta Abe. In the final, she defeated the Kosovar athlete Distria Krasniqi and became the Olympic champion and the first Uzbek woman to win a Summer Olympics gold medal.https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/judo/women--52-kg/fnl-000100--

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Keldiyorova, Diyora Living people 1998 births Uzbekistani female judoka Olympic judoka for Uzbekistan Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Uzbekistan Olympic medalists in judo Judoka at the 2018 Asian Games Judoka at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Uzbekistan Asian Games judoka for Uzbekistan Asian Games silver medalists in judo Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Summer World University Games medalists in judo FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Uzbekistan Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade 21st-century Uzbekistani sportswomen Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in judo Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Uzbekistan Military World Games bronze medalists for Uzbekistan Military World Games medalists in judo People from Juma, Uzbekistan Sportspeople from Samarqand Region Samarkand State University alumni