Sevinch Rakhimova (born 1999, Uzbekistan) is an Uzbek karate athlete who competes in the under 55 kg weight category and is a member of the Uzbekistan national team. In 2019, she won a silver medal at the Asian Karate Championship and a bronze medal at the Islamic Solidarity Games. She is also a champion of the Asian Games.
In her childhood, Sevinch started practicing artistic gymnastics and boxing, but from 2013, she switched to karate under the guidance of coach Sulaymon Yusupov.[1]
In 2019, she won a silver medal at the Asian Karate Championship for women in the under 55 kg weight category in Tashkent.[2] [3]
In 2021, Sevinch Rahimova participated in an Olympic qualification tournament in Paris, France, to secure a spot in the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4] However, she was defeated in the 1/64 finals by Russian athlete Naila Gataullina.[4] In the same year, she also participated in the Karate World Championship in Dubai, UAE, but suffered a defeat in the match for the bronze medal in the under 55 kg weight category against Russian athlete Anna Chernysheva.[5] [6] She also lost in the match for the bronze medal at the Asian Karate Championship.[7]
In 2022, at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey, Sevinch Rahimova won a bronze medal among women in the under 55 kg weight category, defeating an Indonesian athlete in the match.[8] [9]
In August 2023, at the II Games of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Minsk, Belarus, she secured a gold medal in the under 55 kg weight category.[10] In October of the same year, at the Summer Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, in kumite competitions in the under 55 kg weight category, she defeated a competitor from Chinese Taipei, Sui-Ping Ku, in the final, thus winning the gold medal of the Asian Games.[11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Asian Championships | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 2nd | Kumite 55kg | |
| 2022 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Konya, Turkey | 3rd | Kumite 55kg | |
| 2023 | Asian Games | Hangzhou, China | 1st | Kumite 55kg |