Abdullo Tangriev

Abdullo Tangriev
Personal information
Full name Abdullo Tangriev
Nationality Uzbek
Born (1981-03-28) 28 March 1981
Surxondaryo Region, Uzbekistan
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight 132 kg (291 lb)[1]
Sport
Country  Uzbekistan
Sport Judo
Event(s) +100kg
Turned pro 2000-

Abdullo Tangriev (born 28 March 1981) is an Uzbek judoka. He won a silver medal in the +100 kg category of the 2008 Olympic Games.[2]

Early life

Abdullo Tangriev was born on 28 March 1981, in Surxondaryo Region. He was engaged with judo from the age 10. From 1995 he started training in Chirchiq Olympics school. He was able to show his talent from early ages, and in the age of 19 he was called to the Uzbekistan National Olympics team, and attended in 2000 Summer Olympics[3]

Career

After the Olympics games, he won the Uzbekistan championship from judo, in 2001. In 2003 for the first time in his career he became the champion of Asia, in super weight category which was held in Jeju Province. In coming for years(2005, 2007, 2008, 2011) he also became the champion of Asia in judo.

In the same year of 2003 Abdullo Tangriev won the third place in 23rd Judo World Championship which took place in Osaka. In the years of 2005 (Rio de Janeiro) and 2009 (Rotterdam) he twice was honored as the bronze medal owner in Judo World Championship.

In 2008 Summer Olympics Abdullo Tangriev was able to reach the final stage of tournament in category of 100kg's, where he lost the fight, and got the second place.[4][5][6]

In 2012 Summer Olympics Abdullo Tangriev was disqualified from professional sport, due to cannabis being detected in his drug test.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Abdullo Tangriev". Sport Reference. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Abdullo Tangriev at sports-reference.com
  3. ↑ Article about Abdullo Tangriev Article
  4. ↑ Article about Abdullo Tangriev Article
  5. ↑ http://www.intjudo.eu/pictures/result/10_3_8.pdf
  6. ↑ http://judoinfo.com/03wc.htm
  7. ↑ Information http://sport.uzreport.uz/news_e_98431.html


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