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| Murat Kalikulov | |
| Fullname: | Murat Kalikulov |
| Sport: | Judo |
| Event: | 66 kg |
| Birth Date: | 19 August 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union |
| Weight: | 660NaN0 |
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Murat Kalikulov (Uzbek: Мурат Каликулов; born August 19, 1978, in Tashkent) is an Uzbek judoka, who competed in the men's half-lightweight category.[1] He held the 2004 Uzbek senior title in his own division, picked up five medals in his career, including a silver from the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing, and represented his nation Uzbekistan in the 66-kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[2]
Kalikulov emerged himself into the international scene at the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing, where he earned a silver medal in the 66-kg division, losing the final match to Russia's Magomed Dzhafarov by ippon.[2] [3]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Kalikulov qualified for the Uzbek squad in the men's half-lightweight class (66 kg), by placing third and receiving a berth from the Asian Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[4] He lost his opening match to Serbia and Montenegro's Miloš Mijalković, who scored more points on waza-ari and koka for a victory and threw him down the tatami with an obitori gaeshi (belt-grab throw) throughout the five-minute limit.[5] [6]