Khusniddin Norbekov (born 23 May 1987) is a Uzbekistani Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy. He is a Paralympic champion in both the 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympic Games. He holds three world championships titles in para-athletics and is a two-time champion of the recent Paralympic Games.

Career

In 2008 he began to engage in professional sports in his hometown of Navoiy. Starting from 2009, he started to participate in international competitions as a member of the Uzbekistan national team. In 2014, at the Summer Paralympic Games in

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, South Korea, he won a gold medal. In 2015, at the World Para Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, he won a gold medal in discus throwing in the F37 category and was awarded a bronze medal in shot put. In 2016, at the

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in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he won a gold medal in discus throwing in the F37 category, becoming an Olympic Champion. In shot put, he won a bronze medal in his category at the Paralympic Games. In the same year, Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev conferred upon him the title of "Pride of Uzbekistan". In 2017 at the World Para Athletics Championships in London he secured a gold medal in discus throwing and a silver medal in shot put. In 2018, at the Asian Para Games in

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, Indonesia, he won a gold medal. In 2019, at the World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, UAE, he won a gold medal and set a world record in shot put with a throw of 17.32 meters in the F37 category. In 2020, at the Summer Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, he won a gold medal in shot put with a distance of 16.13 meters in the F35 category, becoming a two-time Paralympic champion. In the same year, Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev conferred upon him the title of "Merited Athlete of the Republic of Uzbekistan".

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