Sherali Bozorov ( tg, Шерали Бозоров; born 23 October 1981 in
Kulob
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Khatlon
Khatlon Region ( tg, Вилояти Хатлон, ''Viloyati Xatlon''), one of the four provinces of Tajikistan ( tg, вилоят, ''Viloyat''), is the most populous of the four first level administrative regions. It is situated in the southwes ...
) is a Tajikistani
judoka, who played for the half-middleweight category. He won a silver medal for his division at the
2007 Asian Judo Championships in
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Kuwait City ( ar, مدينة الكويت) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economical centre of the emirate, ...
, losing out to South Korea's Kwong Young-Woo.
Bozorov represented
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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, where he competed for the
men's half-middleweight class (81 kg). He lost the first preliminary round match, by a
yuko and a non-combativity technique (P29), to Togo's
Kouami Sacha Denanyoh
Kouami Sacha Denanyoh (born 29 September 1979) is a Togolese judoka. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he was choked unconscious with a clock choke by Sh ...
.
References
External links
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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Tajikistani male judoka
Living people
Olympic judoka for Tajikistan
Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
1981 births
People from Khatlon Region
Judoka at the 1998 Asian Games
Judoka at the 2002 Asian Games
Judoka at the 2010 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Tajikistan
21st-century Tajikistani people
20th-century Tajikistani people
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