Andrey Abduvaliyev

Personal information
Native name	Андрей Хакимович Абдувалиев
Full name	Andrey Hakimovich Abduvaliyev
Nationality	Uzbek
Born	30 June 1966 (1966-06-30) (age 57) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
Country	Soviet Union  Tajikistan  Uzbekistan
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hammer throw
Club	Dynamo Dushanbe
Achievements and titles
Personal best	83.46 m (1990)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Unified Team Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Hammer throw Representing  Tajikistan World Championships 1993 Stuttgart Hammer throw 1995 Gothenburg Hammer throw Representing  Uzbekistan Asian Championships 1998 Fukuoka Hammer throw Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Hammer throw

Andrey Hakimovich Abduvaliyev (Russian: Андрей Хакимович Абдувалиев; born 30 June 1966) is a former Soviet, Tajikistani, and Uzbekistani hammer thrower.

He won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics while representing the Unified Team. After competing for USSR he chose to represent Tajikistan when USSR was dissolved. In 1997 he changed his nationality to Uzbekistan, thus becoming one of the very few athletes to compete for three states. His second Olympic participation was in 2000 while representing Uzbekistan.

His personal best was 83.46 m in 1990.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing the  Soviet Union
1990	Goodwill Games	Seattle, United States	2nd	82.20 m
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	5th	78.30 m
Representing the  Unified Team
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	1st	82.54 m
Representing  Tajikistan
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	1st	81.64 m
1995	World Championships	Göteborg, Sweden	1st	81.56 m
	Central Asian Games	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	1st
Representing  Uzbekistan
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	15th	74.96 m
1998	Asian Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	1st
	Asian Games	Bangkok, Thailand	2nd
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	15th	75.12 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	15th	75.64 m

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrey Abduvaliyev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.

External links

• Andrey Abduvaliyev at World Athletics
• Andrey Abduvaliyev at Olympics.com
• Andrey Abduvaliyev at Olympedia