Rustam Djangabaev (born 25 August 1993) is an Uzbekistani heavyweight weightlifter. He won a gold medal at the 2017 Asian Championships and a bronze at the 2018 Asian Games. He placed sixth at the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

. Djangabaev took up weightlifting in 2011. He has a degree in physical education from the Nukus State Pedagogical Institute. In 2019 he tested positive for

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and was banned until 2023 by the International Weightlifting Federation.

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* * 1993 births Living people Uzbekistani male weightlifters Asian Games bronze medalists for Uzbekistan Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Doping cases in weightlifting Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Olympic weightlifters for Uzbekistan Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2018 Asian Games World Weightlifting Championships medalists Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Uzbekistan {{Uzbekistan-weightlifting-bio-stub