Akbar Djuraev

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Akbar Djuraev
Personal information
NationalityUzbekistani
Born (1999-10-08) 8 October 1999 (age 22)[1]
Weight108.55 kg (239.3 lb)
Sport
Country Uzbekistan
SportWeightlifting
Weight class109 kg
TeamNational team
Coached byMansurbek Chashemov
Bakhrom Abdumalikov[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 194 kg (2021)
  • Clean and jerk: 237 kg (2021)
  • Total: 430 kg (2021)
Medal record
Representing  Uzbekistan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 109 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tashkent 109 kg
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Ningbo 109 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tashkent 109 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Suva 109 kg

Akbar Djuraev (born (1999-10-08)8 October 1999) is an Uzbekistani weightlifter, Olympic Champion and Junior World Champion. He won the gold medal in the men's 109 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He also won the gold medal in the men's 109 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[3]

He competed in the 105 kg category until 2018, and the 102 kg and 109 kg categories starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[4]

He holds the junior world record in the snatch and total in the 102 kg division, as well as the snatch, clean & jerk and total in the 109 kg division

Career[]

At the 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, he competed in the 105 kg division, winning the silver medal in the snatch, clean & jerk, and total.[5]

He competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in the 102 kg category, winning a gold medal in the snatch and setting the junior world records in the snatch and total.[6][7]

In 2019, he competed at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the 109 kg winning silver medals in all lifts and setting Junior World Records in the snatch, clean & jerk and total.

Major results[]

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan 109 kg 189 189 193 2 227 234 237 OR 1 430 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships
2017 United States Anaheim, United States 105 kg 164 169 174 12 194 199 203 15 373 13
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 102 kg 173 178 180 1st place, gold medalist(s) 200 207 212 4 392 4
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 109 kg 183 184 188 6 221 226 229 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 417 4
2021 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 109 kg 187 192 195 1st place, gold medalist(s) 226 232 238 1st place, gold medalist(s) 433 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Asian Championships
2019 China Ningbo, China 109 kg 176 181 185 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 215 219 225 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 410 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2020 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 109 kg 188 194 197 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 225 234 238 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 428 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Junior Championships
2017 Japan Tokyo, Japan 105 kg 155 159 162 4 185 185 190 6 352 6
2018 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 105 kg 167 172 172 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 195 202 210 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 369 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019 Fiji Suva, Fiji 109 kg 173 177 182 1st place, gold medalist(s) 212 216 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) 398 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References[]

  1. ^ "Akbar Djuraev Results". IWF.net. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Athlete Biography". IWF.net. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  3. ^ Oliver, Brian (16 December 2021). "Home fans celebrate as Djuraev adds weightlifting world title to Olympic gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  4. ^ "PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 102 kg" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-17. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  5. ^ "Akbar Djuraev earns a silver medal at the IWF Junior World Championships 2018". Sports.uz. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Double Iranian victory in the men's 102kg". IWF.net. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Iranians bag eight world weightlifting medals". Iran Daily. Retrieved 24 December 2018.


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