Nigora Tursunkulova (born 4 April 1999) is an Uzbekistani

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...

athlete. She represented Uzbekistan at the

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, where she finished tied for ninth in the women's 67 kg, and at the

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where she finished eleventh in the same event. At age 17, she was the youngest competitor at the 2016 taekwondo Olympic tournament. Tursunkulova was one of the two flag bearers for Uzbekistan, along with boxer

Bakhodir Jalolov Bakhodir Jalolov ( uz, Bahodir Jalolov) is an Uzbekistani professional boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships, and gold at the 2019 World Championships and 2020 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympi ...

, in the

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of the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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* 1999 births Living people Uzbekistani female taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Uzbekistan Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in taekwondo Asian Games bronze medalists for Uzbekistan Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Taekwondo Championships medalists Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Uzbekistani sportswomen {{Uzbekistan-taekwondo-bio-stub