Rasul Boqiev (also spelled as Rasul Bokiev (); born 29 September 1982) is a

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who competes in the 73 kg (lightweight) category. He has won bronze medal at the 2007 World Judo Championships and a bronze medal, Tajikistan's first ever Olympic medal, at the

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Career

Boqiev is considered one of the top athletes in Tajikistan and the world in the

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under 73 kg weight-class. Since his first international competition at the 2005 Asian Championships in Tashkent, where he won the bronze medal, he has been successful in showing results of consistent improvement and athleticism. The following year he also won a bronze medal at the lightweight (73 kg) category of the 2006 Asian Games, winning the bronze medal match against Kim Chol-su of North Korea. In the same year he claimed the 2nd place at the 2006 Otto Super World Cup Hamburg. On 17 February 2007, he won the 2007 World Cup Budapest and on 17 May he won the bronze medal at the 2007 Asian Championships in Kuwait City. His achievement at the 2007 World Judo Championships in

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earned him his entry to the

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. On 9 February 2008, the history repeated itself: for the second time in his career, Boqiev competed at the Paris Super World Cup and again finished 7th among 60 competitors. Boqiev also regularly participates in various tournaments in Tajikistan and the countries of the

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. In April 2007 he won the 7th Russian Open Tournament in Chelyabinsk. On 23 February 2008 Boqiev contested at the 2008 Otto Super World Cup and resulted 3rd among 56 competitors. On 7–8 June 2008 Boqiev won the 2008 Tre Torri International Judo Tournament in Porto Sant'Elpшdio of Italy. In August 2008 Boqiev won bronze at the Olympic Games in Beijing. This was Tajikistan's first ever Olympic medal. In the quarter-finals, Boqiev beat Si Rijigawa of China to progress to the semi-finals and secure a medal. He was defeated in the semis by the reigning World Champion, Wang Ki-chun of South Korea. At the

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, Boqiev finished in 7th, losing to Riki Nakaya in the quarter-finals, and to Ugo Legrand in the repechage.

External links

* Men's Judo under 73kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics * Judo at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Tre Torri International Judo Tournament Results2008 Otto Hamburg Super World Cup ResultsParis Super World Cup 2008 Results for Boqiev2007 World Championships Rio de Janeiro profile
* Kuwait City 2007 Asian Judo Championships
2006 Asian Games profileProfile on JudoInside.comMoscow Judo School of Rasul Boqiev

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boqiev, Rasul 1982 births Living people Tajikistani male judoka 21st-century Tajikistani sportsmen People from Districts of Republican Subordination Olympic judoka for Tajikistan Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Tajikistan Olympic medalists in judo Asian Games medalists in judo Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2006 Asian Games Judoka at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Tajikistan Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games