Alisher Gulov (born 24 August 1989 in

Dushanbe Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (ru ...

) is a

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...

practitioner. He competed in the +80 kg event at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, th ...

; he was defeated by

Carlo Molfetta Carlo Molfetta (born 15 February 1984 in Mesagne) is a taekwondo athlete from Italy, who won gold at the 2012 London Olympics in the men's +80 kg division, beating Gabon's Anthony Obame. Molfetta was determined to be the victor after the bout con ...

in the preliminary round and was eliminated by

Liu Xiaobo Liu Xiaobo (; 28 December 1955 – 13 July 2017) was a Chinese writer, literary critic, human rights activist, philosopher and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who called for political reforms and was involved in campaigns to end communist one- ...

in the repechage contest. He is also the current Vice-President of the Tajikistan Taekwondo Federation. In 2019 he coached several students to medals in the USA AAU National Championships.

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* * 1989 births Living people Tajikistani male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Tajikistan Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Dushanbe Taekwondo practitioners at the 2010 Asian Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in taekwondo Asian Games bronze medalists for Tajikistan Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Taekwondo Championships medalists {{Taekwondo-bio-stub