Bekzod Abdurakhmonov

Bekzod Abdurakhmonov
Бекзод Абдурахмонов
Bekzod Abdurakhmonov ; Бекзод Абдурахмонов
	Bekzod Abdurakhmonov(right) against Jabrayil Hasanov at the 2016 Olympics
Born	March 15, 1990; Tashkent, Uzbek ASSR, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan)
Other names	The Uzbek Assassin
Residence	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality	Uzbekistan
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb)
Division	Lightweight
Reach	70.0 in (178 cm)
Fighting out of	Tashkent, Uzbekistan ; Boston, Massachusetts
Team	Team Sityodtong; Team Nowhere
Rank	International Master of Sports in Wrestling
Wrestling	Freestyle Wrestling
Years active	2013–present
Mixed martial arts record
Total	7
Wins	7
By knockout	3
By submission	3
By decision	1
Losses	0
Other information
University	Clarion[1]
Notable club(s)	Nittany Lion Wrestling Club
	Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing Uzbekistan
Olympic Games
World Championships
Asian Games
Asian Championships
Islamic Solidarity Games
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Clarion Golden Eagles
NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
EWL Championships

Bekzod Makhamadzhonovich Abdurakhmonov (Russian: Бекзод Махамаджонович Абдурахмонов; born March 15, 1990) is an Uzbekistani freestyle wrestler and mixed martial artist. He won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games in the Men's 70 kg Freestyle wrestling.[2] At the 2016 Olympics he beat former gold medalist Jordan Burroughs of the United States 11-1, but lost in the bronze-medal match to Jabrayil Hasanov of Azerbaijan. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 74 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[3][4]

In 2017, he won the gold medal in the men's 74 kg event at the 2017 Asian Wrestling Championships in New Delhi, India.[5] In the final he defeated Muslim Evloev of Kyrgyzstan.[5]

Bekzod Abdurakhmonov also wrestled under folkstyle rules in America's NCAA D1 where he achieved All-American status for Pennsylvania's Clarion University in 2012, finishing in 3rd place.

References

"Bekzod Abdurakhmonov". Clarion University Athletics. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
"Bekzod Abdurakhmonov won the first gold medal at the Asian games". Uz Report. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
"Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
"ABDURAKHMONOV Bekzod". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
"2017 Asian Wrestling Championships – Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2018.

External links

Bekzod Abdurahmonov at Sherdog

Bekzod Abdurahmonov at United World Wrestling

Bekzod Abdurahmonov at Olympedia

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[1] "Bekzod Abdurakhmonov". Clarion University Athletics. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

[2] "Bekzod Abdurakhmonov won the first gold medal at the Asian games". Uz Report. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2015.

[wrestling_results_book_summer_olympics_2020-3] "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[Toyko2020-4] "ABDURAKHMONOV Bekzod". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[results_book_asian_wrestling_championships_2017-5] "2017 Asian Wrestling Championships – Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2018.