Dilshod Yarbekov (born May 1, 1974 in

Samarqand fa, سمرقند , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from the top: Registan square, Shah-i-Zinda necropolis, Bibi-Khanym Mosque, view inside Shah-i-Zin ...

) is an Uzbek

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, who has won medals at the Asian and World Championships in the

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category. He is an Honored Sportsman of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Achievements

*1994 – Asian Games — Bronze Medal *1995 –

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— Bronze Medal *1996 – Central Asian Games — Gold Medal *1998 – Asian Games — Silver Medal At the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

he lost in the first round to

Felix Sturm Adnan Ćatić (born 31 January 1979), known as Felix Sturm, is a Bosnian-German professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the WBO middleweight title from 2003 to 2004, the WBA middleweight ti ...

(GER, fighting under his birthname A.Catic)

References

Ministry of Cultural and Sports Affairs of Uzbekistan
1974 births Sportspeople from Samarkand Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic boxers for Uzbekistan Asian Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1994 Asian Games Boxers at the 1998 Asian Games Uzbekistani male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Asian Games silver medalists for Uzbekistan Asian Games bronze medalists for Uzbekistan Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Middleweight boxers 20th-century Uzbekistani people Recipients of Order of Friendship of Uzbekistan {{Uzbekistan-boxing-bio-stub