Mirali Sharipov (; born 30 October 1987) is an

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, who competes in the half-lightweight category. He is a two-time World Cup champion and a bronze medalist at the 2008 Asian Judo Championships in

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. Sharipov represented

at the

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, where he competed for the men's half-lightweight class (66 kg). He defeated Spain's

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and Algeria's Mounir Benamadi in the preliminary rounds, before losing the quarterfinal match, by a

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awasete

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(two points), to Japan's Masato Uchishiba. Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Sharipov was offered another shot for the bronze medal by defeating Iran's

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, and Egypt's

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in the repechage rounds. He finished only in fifth place, after losing out the bronze medal match to North Korea's Pak Chol-Min, who successfully scored a waza-ari awasete ippon and a kesa-gatame (scarf hold), one second before the five-minute period had ended.

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