Vyacheslav Pereteyko ( uz, Вячеслав Перетейко; born December 19, 1980, in

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2 ...

) is an Uzbek judoka, who competed in the men's middleweight category. He picked up a bronze medal in the 90-kg division at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, and represented his nation

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at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Pereteyko made sporting headlines at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, where he overpowered China's Teng Guangying with a brilliant

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victory to grab the bronze medal in the 90-kg division. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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, Pereteyko qualified for the Uzbek squad in the men's middleweight class (90 kg), by placing second and receiving a berth from the

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. By the mighty commotion of the home crowd inside Ano Liossia Hall to favor their opponent Dionysios Iliadis, Pereteyko failed to apply pressure on his opponent, and thereby lost his opening match by an

and a kouchi gari (small inner reap) within two minutes.

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* 1981 births Living people Uzbekistani male judoka Olympic judoka for Uzbekistan Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in judo Sportspeople from Tashkent Asian Games bronze medalists for Uzbekistan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games 21st-century Uzbekistani people {{Uzbekistan-judo-bio-stub