Andrey Hakimovich Abduvaliyev (russian: Андрей Хакимович Абдувалиев; born 30 June 1966) is a former

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Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

i, and

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

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er. He won a gold medal at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

while representing the Unified Team. After competing for

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he chose to represent

when USSR was dissolved. In 1997 he changed his nationality to

, thus becoming one of the very few

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to compete for three states. His second Olympic participation was in

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while representing Uzbekistan. His personal best was 83.46 m in 1990.

International competitions

References

* * 1966 births Living people Athletes from Saint Petersburg Soviet male hammer throwers Tajikistani male hammer throwers Uzbekistani male hammer throwers Olympic athletes of the Unified Team Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team Olympic athletes of Uzbekistan Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Asian Games silver medalists for Uzbekistan Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Goodwill Games medalists in athletics World Athletics Championships athletes for Tajikistan World Athletics Championships medalists Soviet Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games {{Uzbekistan-athletics-bio-stub