Nationality Uzbek Role Olympic athlete Name Andrey Abduvaliyev | Weight 125 kg (276 lb) Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |
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Native name andrei Hakimovich abduvaliev Full name Andrey Hakimovich Abduvaliyev Similar People Igor Astapkovich, Gafur Rakhimov, Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov | ||
3879 Olympic Track & Field 1992 Hammer Men Andrey Abduvaliyev
Andrey Hakimovich Abduvaliyev (Russian: Андрей Хакимович Абдувалиев; born June 30, 1966 in Leningrad) 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 83.46m in 1990.
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