Rasul Boqiev (also spelled as Rasul Bokiev ( tg, Расул Боқиев); born 29 September 1982) 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 ...

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who competes in the -73 kg (lightweight) category. He has won bronze medal at the

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and a bronze medal, Tajikistan's first ever Olympic medal, at the

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Career

He is considered one of the top athletes in Tajikistan and the world in the

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under 73 kg weight-class. Since his first international competition at the

2005 Asian Championships Tashkent 5 (five) is a number, numeral (linguistics), numeral and numerical digit, digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typ ...

, where he won the bronze medal, he has been successful in showing results of consistent improvement and athleticism. The following year he also won a bronze medal at the lightweight (73 kg) category of the

2006 Asian Games 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

, winning the bronze medal match against

Kim Chol Su Kim Chol-su (born 12 September 1982) is a North Korean judoka. He finished in joint fifth place in the lightweight (73 kg) division at the 2006 Asian Games, having lost to Rasul Boqiev of Tajikistan in the bronze medal match. At the 2009 ...

of North Korea. In the same year he claimed the 2nd place at the

2006 Otto Super World Cup Hamburg 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second smal ...

. On 17 February 2007, he won the

2007 World Cup Budapest 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, ...

and on 17 May 2007 he won the bronze medal at the 2007 Asian Championships. His achievement at the

2007 World Judo Championships The 2007 World Judo Championships are the 25th edition of the Judo World Championships, and were held at the Rio Olympic Arena, usually called ''Arena Multiuso'', that was built for the 2007 Pan-American Games, in Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, ...

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earned him his entry to the

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. On 9 February 2008, the history repeated itself: for the second time in his career, Rasul competed at the Paris Super World Cup and again finished 7th among 60 competitors. Rasul also regularly participates in various tournaments in Tajikistan and the countries of the

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. In April 2007 he won the 7th Russian Open Tournament in

Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk ( rus, Челя́бинск, p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk, a=Ru-Chelyabinsk.ogg; ba, Силәбе, ''Siläbe'') is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a ...

. On 23 February 2008 Rasul contested at the 2008 Otto Super World Cup and resulted 3rd among 56 competitors. On 7–8 June 2008 Rasul won the 2008 Tre Torri International Judo Tournament in Porto Sant'Elpшdio of Italy. In August, 2008 Rasul won bronze at the Olympic Games in Beijing. This was Tajikistan's first ever Olympic medal. In the quarter-finals, Rasul beat Si Rijigawa of China to progress to the semi-finals and secure a medal. He was defeated in the semis by the reigning World Champion,

Wang Ki-Chun Wang Ki-Chun (Hangul: 왕기춘, ; born September 13, 1988 in Jeongeup, Jeollabuk-do) is a former judoka from South Korea. He became known for beating the 2004 Olympic champion Lee Won-Hee in the qualification matches for the 2007 World Champ ...

of South Korea. At the

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, he finished in 7th, losing to

Riki Nakaya is a Japanese judoka. He is a two-time lightweight world champion and an Olympic silver medalist. He was also a finalist at the 2015 World Championships. Personal life Nakaya began judo in kindergarten, following his older brother. Nakaya mar ...

in the quarter finals, and to

Ugo Legrand Ugo Legrand (born 22 January 1989, Mont-Saint-Aignan) is a judoka from France. In 2012, he won bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 73 kg, -73 kg class. He won his first match against Tomasz Adamie ...

in the repechage.

External links

* Men's Judo under 73kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics * Judo at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Tre Torri International Judo Tournament Results2008 Otto Hamburg Super World Cup ResultsParis Super World Cup 2008 Results for Boqiev2007 World Championships Rio de Janeiro profile
* Kuwait City 2007 Asian Judo Championships
2006 Asian Games profileProfile on JudoInside.comMoscow Judo School of Rasul Boqiev

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boqiev, Rasul 1982 births Living people Tajikistani male judoka People from Districts of Republican Subordination Olympic judoka of Tajikistan Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Tajikistan Olympic medalists in judo Asian Games medalists in judo Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2006 Asian Games Judoka at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Tajikistan Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 21st-century Tajikistani people 20th-century Tajikistani people