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Tolkunbek Hudaýbergenow
Tolkunbek Hudaybergenov (born January 4, 1986) is a Turkmen weightlifter. He was born in the Gurbansoltan Eje district, Daşoguz Region. At the 2008 Asian Championships he won the bronze medal in the clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ... in the 62 kg category, overall ranking 4th with a total of . He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 62 kg division finishing seventh, with , beating his previous personal best by . Major results Notes and references External links NBC profileAthlete Biographyat beijing2008 Turkmenistan male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Turkmenistan 1986 births Living people People from Daşoguz Region Weightlifters at the 2006 Asian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ashgabat is the capital and largest city. The population is about 6 million, the lowest of the Central Asian republics, and Turkmenistan is one of the most sparsely populated nations in Asia. Turkmenistan has long served as a thoroughfare for other nations and cultures. Merv is one of the oldest oasis-cities in Central Asia, and was once the biggest city in the world. It was also one of the great cities of the Islamic world and an important stop on the Silk Road. Annexed by the Russian Empire in 1881, Turkmenistan figured prominently in the anti-Bolshevik movement in Central Asia. In 1925, Turkmenistan became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |