Nationality: | Uzbek |
Andrey Abduvaliyev | |
Fullname: | Andrey Hakimovich Abduvaliyev |
Native Name: | Андрей Хакимович Абдувалиев |
Native Name Lang: | ru |
Birth Place: | Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Country: | |
Height: | 1.9m (06.2feet) |
Weight: | 125kg (276lb) |
Headercolor: | lightsteelblue |
Club: | Dynamo Dushanbe |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Hammer throw |
Pb: | 83.46 m (1990) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Andrey Hakimovich Abduvaliyev (ru|Андрей Хакимович Абдувалиев; born 30 June 1966) is a former Soviet, Tajikistani, and Uzbekistani hammer thrower.
He won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics while representing the Unified Team. After competing for USSR he chose to represent Tajikistan when USSR was dissolved. In 1997 he changed his nationality to Uzbekistan, thus becoming one of the very few athletes to compete for three states. His second Olympic participation was in 2000 while representing Uzbekistan.
His personal best was 83.46 m in 1990.
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1990 | Goodwill Games | Seattle, United States | 2nd | 82.20 m | |
1991 | Tokyo, Japan | 5th | 78.30 m | ||
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1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 1st | 82.54 m | |
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1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 1st | 81.64 m | |
1995 | World Championships | Göteborg, Sweden | 1st | 81.56 m | |
Central Asian Games | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 1st | |||
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1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 15th | 74.96 m | |
1998 | Asian Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 1st | ||
Asian Games | Bangkok, Thailand | 2nd | |||
1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 15th | 75.12 m | |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 15th | 75.64 m |