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| Irina Kaydashova | |
| Fullname: | Irina Kaydashova |
| Birth Date: | 2 April 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union |
| Weight: | 570NaN0 |
| Sport: | Taekwondo |
| Event: | 57 kg |
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Irina Kaydashova (Uzbek: Ирина Кайдашова; born April 2, 1985, in Tashkent) is an Uzbek taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the women's featherweight category.[1] She became one of the first taekwondo fighters in history to represent Uzbekistan at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and later attained a quarterfinal finish in the 53-kg division at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.[2] [3]
Kaydashova qualified for an all-female Uzbek taekwondo squad in the women's featherweight class (57 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing second behind Thailand's Nootcharin Sukkhongdumnoen and granting a berth from the Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Bangkok, Thailand.[4] Kaydashova moved directly into the quarterfinals with a first round bye in a provisional seeding draw, but she crashed out early to Mexico's Iridia Salazar on the referee's decision after their match ended in a 7–7 tie.[2] With Salazar losing the semifinal bout to South Korea's Jang Ji-won, Kaydashova denied her chance to compete for the Olympic bronze medal in the repechage.[5] [6]