Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...
first participated at the
Olympic Games
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as an independent nation in 1994, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then. Previously,
Uzbek athletes
An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance.
Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-develo ...
competed as part of the
Soviet Union at the Olympics
The Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) first participated at the Olympic Games in 1952, and competed at the Summer and Winter Games on 18 occasions subsequently. At six of its nine appearances at the Summer Olympic Games, th ...
from 1952 to 1988, and after the
dissolution of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...
, Uzbekistan was part of the
Unified Team in 1992.
Uzbek athletes have won a total of twenty six medals at the
Summer Olympic Games
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, mostly in
wrestling
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and
boxing
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. The nation has also won a single medal at the
Winter Olympic Games
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. The
National Olympic Committee
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for Uzbekistan was created in 1992 and recognized by the
International Olympic Committee
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in 1993.
Medals
Medals by Summer Games
Medals by Winter Games
Medals by Summer Sport
Medals by Winter Sport
Medalists
Summer Olympics
Winter Olympics
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Ivan Efremov from 4th place to bronze (
Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 105 kg
The men's 105 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at ExCeL London.
Summary
Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk, with thr ...
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Disqualified Medalists
See also
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Uzbekistan at the Paralympics
Uzbekistan made its Paralympic Games début at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, with a single representative ( Yusup Kadyrov) in powerlifting. Competing in the men's up to 75 kg category, Kadyrov failed to lift a weight. In the 2008 Summ ...
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List of flag bearers for Uzbekistan at the Olympics
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:Olympic competitors for Uzbekistan
External links
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Olympics
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