Muminjon Abdullaev (born 24 December 1989) is an

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

Greco-Roman wrestler Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling (Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mod ...

Career

He who won a bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Wrestling Championships in the 96 kg division. He competed in the 120 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated in the 1/8 finals by

Dremiel Byers Dremiel Byers (born September 11, 1974) is an American former wrestler in the Greco-Roman discipline. Byers joined the World Class Athletes Program (WCAP) in 1996 and was the 2002 World Champion in Greco-Roman wrestling at 120 kg. In total, B ...

. Later in 2012 Abdullaev tested positive for

nandrolone Nandrolone, also known as 19-nortestosterone, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) which is used in the form of esters such as nandrolone decanoate (brand name Deca-Durabolin) and nandrolone phenylpropionate (brand name Durabolin). Nandrol ...

, an

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, and was banned for two years until 20 November 2014. In 2021, he competed in the men's 130 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. In 2022, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the

Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Vehbi is a Turkish name derived from the Arabic name Wahab. It may refer to: * Vehbi Akdağ, Turkish wrestler * Myfti Vehbi Dibra, one of the signatories of Albanian Declaration of Independence * Vehbi Koç, Turkish businessman See also * Vehbi ...

held in Istanbul, Turkey. He lost his bronze medal match in the 130 kg event at the

2022 World Wrestling Championships The 2022 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. The UWW Bureau approved the candidature of Belgrade, Serb ...

held in Belgrade, Serbia.

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* * * * * 1989 births Living people Uzbekistani male sport wrestlers Asian Wrestling Championships medalists Olympic wrestlers for Uzbekistan Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Asian Games competitors for Uzbekistan Asian Games gold medalists for Uzbekistan Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling Islamic Solidarity Games wrestlers Competitors at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Competitors at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games People from Samarqand Region 21st-century Uzbekistani people Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Uzbekistan {{Uzbekistan-martialart-bio-stub