Utkirjon Nigmatov (born 10 September 1990)is an Uzbek judoka and Paralympian competing in the weight category up to 66 kg. He is the champion of the

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, a medalist in World Championships, winner of the Summer Para Asian Games, and a medalist in World Cup and Grand Prix events in Para Judo.

Career

In 2014, at the World Judo Championships for the visually impaired in Colorado, USA, he won a silver medal in his weight category, losing in the final to

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. In 2015, at the World Games for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Seoul, South Korea, in the judo competition in the weight category up to 66 kg, he claimed victory in the final over Mongolian judoka Munkhbat Aajim. In 2016, at the Summer Paralympic Games in

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, in the weight category up to 66 kg, he secured a victory in the final over

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, earning an Olympic gold medal. In the same year, the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, awarded Utkirjon the honorary title " Oʻzbekiston iftixori" ("Pride of Uzbekistan"). In 2018, at the Summer Para Asian Games in

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, in the weight category up to 66 kg, he emerged victorious in the final against Kazakh judoka Azamat Turumbetov, winning the gold medal for the games. At the same competition, he also secured a bronze medal as part of the

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team. In the same year, at the World Judo Championships for the visually impaired in

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, he won a bronze medal in his weight category. In 2021, he won silver at the

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stage of visually impaired and partially sighted judo in

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, in the weight category up to 66 kg, losing in the final to the Azerbaijani Namig Abbasli.

Medals

IBSA World Championships

IBSA World Games

Paralympic Games

IBSA World Cup

Asian Para Games Jakarta

IBSA Judo Grand Prix

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nigmatov, Utkirjon Judoka at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Uzbekistan Living people 1990 births Uzbekistani male judoka Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in judo Paralympic judoka for Uzbekistan 21st-century Uzbekistani people Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games