Firdavsbek Musabekov Explained

Firdavsbek Musabekov
Country:Uzbekistan
Sport:Paralympic swimming
Disability:Vision impairment
Disability Class:S13

Firdavsbek Musabekov is a visually impaired Uzbekistani Paralympic swimmer.[1] He is a gold medalist at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Career

He represented Uzbekistan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won one of the gold medals in the men's 100 metre breaststroke SB13 event. Oleksii Fedyna, representing Ukraine, also won a gold medal as both swimmers finished with a time of 1:04.94.[1] [2] [3]

At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships held in London, United Kingdom, he won the silver medal in the men's 100m breaststroke SB13 event.[4]

He also represented Uzbekistan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Firdavsbek Musabekov. paralympic.org. 26 December 2019. International Paralympic Committee.
  2. News: Five countries who won historic golds at Rio 2016. 29 September 2016. paralympic.org. 2 January 2020.
  3. News: Kiwi Pascoe claims eighth Paralympic swimming gold medal of career in world record time. Etchells. Daniel. 11 September 2016. InsideTheGames.biz. 2 January 2020.
  4. Web site: London 2019 Results. paralympic.org. 2 January 2020.
  5. Web site: Swimming Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210903142751/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/SWM/PG2020-_SWM_B99_SWM-------------------------------.pdf. 3 September 2021. 18 September 2021. 2020 Summer Paralympics.