Khasanboy Rakhimov Explained

Khasanboy Rakhimov
Country:Uzbekistan
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:125 kg
Event:Freestyle

Khasanboy Rakhimov is an Uzbekistani freestyle wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 125 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships but his medal was stripped as he tested positive for a banned substance.[1] [2] He would have been scheduled to represent Uzbekistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, but the Olympic quota for that spot was given to a runner up.

He also won first place in the 2019 Medved International competition.[3]

In 2022, he competed at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[4]

He won the bronze medal in the men's 125 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[5] [6] He competed in the 125kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[7]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2019World ChampionshipsNur-Sultan, Kazakhstan3rdFreestyle 125kg
2022Islamic Solidarity GamesKonya, Turkey2ndFreestyle 125kg

Notes and References

  1. News: Two more golds put Russia top of freestyle at World Wrestling Championships. Rowbottom. Mike. 21 September 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 18 January 2020.
  2. News: Iveson. Ali. Two lose Wrestling World Championships medals after anti-doping violations. 19 February 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 21 February 2020.
  3. Web site: Steveson takes silver on final day of Medved International. 12 August 2019.
  4. Web site: 2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302085143/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final-book-ranking-series-istambul-2022-light.pdf?VersionId=BMipbXFVxzXXeonWOfeVdKVeNlWlxYzt . 2 March 2022 . 2 March 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  5. News: 11 August 2022 . Iran win hat-trick of wrestling golds at Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya . InsideTheGames.biz . 12 August 2022.
  6. Web site: 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220818181226/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-08/results_08_konya.pdf?VersionId=XCsODGzAzjjRhgEoc5SPJ7BmwV3S65G1 . 18 August 2022 . 20 August 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  7. Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.