Ulugbek Rashitov (born 23 March 2002) is an
Uzbekistan
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taekwondo
Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...
practitioner. He won the gold medal in the Men's 68 kg event at the
2020
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and
2024
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Summer Olympics. In 2019, he won the gold medal in the
58kg event at the
Military World Games
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held in
Wuhan
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, China.
Career
In 2018, he won the silver medal in the
boys' 48kg event at the
Summer Youth Olympics
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held in
Buenos Aires
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, Argentina. In 2019, Rashitov won the gold medal in the 55 kg event at the Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships.
Rashitov
represented Uzbekistan at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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in Tokyo, Japan. He won gold, beating
Bradly Sinden
Bradly John Sinden (born 19 September 1998) is a British Taekwondo athlete who won gold at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, becoming the first British male World Taekwondo champion.
At the following 2020 Summer Olympics, he reached the ...
of Great Britain in the final.
At the
2020 Summer Olympics
The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...
, he competed in the 68 kg weight category. In qualifying, he defeated
Seydou Fofana from Mali In the 1/8 finals, he defeated two-time Olympic medalist from
South Korea
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Lee Dae-Hoon
Lee Dae-Hoon (; ; born February 5, 1992) is a South Korean taekwondo athlete. He won a bronze medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics and a silver in the 2012 Summer Olympics. He has achieved world first level rankings in the under 68 kg weight ...
. In the semi-finals, he went to dayan against
Nedžad Husić
Nedžad Husić (born 15 September 2001) is a Bosnian taekwondo athlete.
Career
Husić won a silver medal at the 2021 European Taekwondo Championships, in the men's 74 kg.
He qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics through the 2021 European ...
(
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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) and won a landslide victory with a score of 28:5. In the final, he defeated the British taekwondo player
Bradley Sinden with a score of 34:29, winning the first gold medal at the Olympic
Taekwondo
Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...
Games in the history of the Uzbekistan national team.
See also
Uzbekistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Uzbekistan competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's seventh consecutiv ...
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Living people
2002 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
Uzbekistani male taekwondo practitioners
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Uzbekistan
Olympic gold medalists for Uzbekistan
Olympic medalists in taekwondo
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2022 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for Uzbekistan
Asian Games taekwondo practitioners for Uzbekistan
Asian Games medalists in taekwondo
Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
21st-century Uzbekistani sportsmen
Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in taekwondo
Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Uzbekistan
Military World Games gold medalists for Uzbekistan
Military World Games medalists in taekwondo
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