Ulugbek Rashitov (born 23 March 2002) is an

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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

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and

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Summer Olympics. In 2019, he won the gold medal in the 58kg event at the

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held in

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, China.

Career

In 2018, he won the silver medal in the boys' 48kg event at the

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held in

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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

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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

, 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

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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 ...

(

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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

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Games in the history of the Uzbekistan national team.

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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 {{Taekwondo-bio-stub

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