Sanjar Zokirov | |
Birth Date: | 6 January 1983 |
Birth Place: | Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union |
Height: | 1.72 m |
Country: | Uzbekistan |
Weight Class: | 60 kg |
Worlds Rank: | R16 |
Worlds Year: | 2003 |
Regionals Type: | AS |
Regionals Rank: | 2 |
Regionals Year: | 2003 |
Olympics Rank: | R32 |
Olympics Year: | 2004 |
Olympics Weight: | Men's 60 kg |
Updated: | 14 February 2022 |
Sanjar Zokirov (also Sanzhar Zakirov, uz|Санжар Закиров; born 6 January 1983, in Tashkent) is an Uzbek judoka, who competed in the men's extra-lightweight category.[1] He attained a fifth-place finish in the 60 kg division at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, and also represented his nation Uzbekistan at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[2]
Zokirov qualified for the Uzbek squad in the men's extra-lightweight class (60 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing fifth and receiving a berth from the Asian Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He lost his opening match to Georgian-born Greek judoka Revazi Zintiridis, who scored an ippon victory and quickly subdued him on the tatami with a tani otoshi (valley drop) twenty-seven seconds remaining into their bout.[3]