Firdavsbek Musabekov is a visually impaired Uzbekistani

Paralympic swimmer Para swimming is an adaptation of the sport of swimming for athletes with disabilities. Para swimmers compete at the Summer Paralympic Games and at other sports competitions throughout the world. The sport is governed by the International Para ...

. He is a gold medalist at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Career

He represented

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 ...

at the

held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won one of the gold medals in the men's 100 metre breaststroke SB13 event. Oleksii Fedyna, representing Ukraine, also won a gold medal as both swimmers finished with a time of 1:04.94. At the

2019 World Para Swimming Championships The 2019 World Para Swimming Championships is the 2019 edition of the World Para Swimming Championships run by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The championships were held from February to June in seven countries across five continent ...

held in London, United Kingdom, he won the silver medal in the men's 100m breaststroke SB13 event. He also represented Uzbekistan at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...

in Tokyo, Japan.

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* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Uzbekistani male breaststroke swimmers Paralympic swimmers with a vision impairment Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Uzbekistan Paralympic swimmers for Uzbekistan Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games Paralympic medalists in swimming S13-classified para swimmers 21st-century Uzbekistani people Uzbekistani blind people {{Uzbekistan-swimming-bio-stub