- Dilshod Nazarov
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Medal record Men's athletics Competitor for 
TajikistanAsian Games Gold 2006 Doha Hammer throw Gold 2010 Guangzhou Hammer throw Dilshod Nazarov (born 6 May 1982) is a Tajikistani athlete who specializes in the hammer throw. He has represented his country at the Olympic Games on two occasions (in 2004 and 2008). He has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics, but has been most successful at regional competitions: he won medals at four consecutive Asian Athletics Championships and was the hammer champion at the 2006 Asian Games. He won his first global medal (a silver) in 2010 at the IAAF Continental Cup.
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Career
His first noteworthy international result was a bronze medal at the 1997 West Asian Games.[1] He made his debut on the global stage with a fifth place at the 2000 World Junior Championships, an event won by 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Eşref Apak. Nazarov then finished fourth at the 2002 Asian Championships in Colombo,[2] and won a bronze medal the next year in Manila in a contest won by Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi of Kuwait.[3] He took part in the inaugural Afro-Asian Games and managed to win the silver medal behind South African thrower Chris Harmse.[4] Another medal came at the 2003 Central Asian Games in Dushanbe, where he took the hammer gold for the hosts.[5]
Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he got no mark in the qualifying round and thus failed to make it through to the second round.[6] He started the next year with an appearance at the 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games, where he took his country's sole gold medal of the tournament. In June 2005 he threw a new personal best of 77.63 metres in Almaty.[2] At the 2005 World Championships he was again knocked out in the qualifying round,[7] but at the 2005 Asian Championships in Incheon Nazarov won a silver medal, again behind Al-Zinkawi.[3]
At the 2006 Asian Games Nazarov finally won a gold medal, overcoming Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi who had held the lead until the fifth and penultimate round. Al-Zinkawi was the pre-event favourite, having a season (and career) best of 76.97 metres while Nazarov only had a season best of 70.03 metres from Istanbul in June. The absence of 2004 Olympic champion Koji Murofushi was noted; nonetheless, Nazarov's gold medal was celebrated as the first gold medal of Tajikistan at the Asian Games in any sport.[8] In addition it was their first Asian Games medal of any kind in athletics.[9] Another famous hammer thrower, Andrey Abduvaliyev, did compete for Tajikistan from 1991 to 1997, winning gold medals at the World Championships in 1993 and 1995. When he won his first and only Asian Games medal, a silver at the 1998 edition, he did so as an Uzbekistani citizen. Commenting on the victory, Nazarov stated that "This is a big victory for my country".[10]
The next year Nazarov participated in his second World Championships, but did not make it to the final round.[2] At the 2007 Asian Championships, he won the silver medal, again behind Al-Zinkawi, this time by only one centimetre.[11] He also improved his personal best throw to 78.89 metres, in June in Dushanbe. In 2008 he improved further, to 79.05 at a June meet in Almaty. At the 2008 Olympic Games he finished eleventh in the final.[2]
He set a new national hammer throw record of 79.28 m in Uberlândia, Brazil. The record, set in May 2009, was enough to bring him victory over Olympic champion Primož Kozmus.[12] He finished eleventh again at the global level at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin. He improved to fifth place at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final however. He won his first continental title at the end of the year, finally beating Al-Zinkawi at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships after a series of second place finishes.[13]
The following year, he improved his hammer best to 80.11 m at the Tajikistan national championships in June.[14] Representing Asia-Pacific, he won the silver medal at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup, finishing just behind newly crowned European Champion Libor Charfreitag.[15] He was also runner-up in the inaugural IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge series having a combined score of 236.02 to finish behind Koji Murofushi.[16]
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing Tajikistan2003 Asian Championships Manila, Philippines 3rd 2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece — NM 2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 17th 73.38 m 2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 21st 71.70 m 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 11th 76.54 2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 11th 71.69 m World Athletics Final Thessaloniki, Greece 5th 77.14 m Asian Championships Guangzhou, China 1st 76.44 m 2010 Continental Cup Split, Croatia 2nd 78.76 m Personal life
He currently resides in Dushanbe.[17] He is also the president of the Tajikistan IAAF Member Federation.[12]
References
- ^ West Asian Games. GBRAthletics. Retrieved on 2010-09-08.
- ^ a b c d IAAF profile for Dilshod Nazarov
- ^ a b "Asian Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asc.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ^ Weerawansa, Dinesh (2003-10-30). Ethiopian distance runners and Nigerian sprinters dominate – Afro-Asian Games – Last day.. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-08.
- ^ Central Asian Games. GBRAthletics. Retrieved on 2010-09-08.
- ^ IAAF. "Official Results - Hammer Throw - Men - Qualification". Athens Olympic Games 2004 Results - By Event. http://www.iaaf.org/OLY04/results/gender=M/discipline=HT/combCode=hash/roundCode=q/index.html. Retrieved 2006-12-11.
- ^ IAAF. "Official Results - Hammer Throw - Men - Qualification". 2005 World Championships Results - By Event. http://www.iaaf.org/WCH05/results/gender=M/discipline=HT/combCode=hash/roundCode=q/index.html. Retrieved 2006-12-11.
- ^ Negash, Elshadai (2006-12-08). "Zhang throws Asian Hammer Record - Asian Games, Day Two". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=36994.html. Retrieved 2006-12-11.
- ^ "Asian Games". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asg.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-11.
- ^ Xinhua (2006-12-09). "Hammer thrower Nazarov wins Tajikistan's first Asian Games gold medal". People's Daily Online. http://english.people.com.cn/200612/09/eng20061209_330415.html. Retrieved 2006-12-11.
- ^ "Asian Championships - Day One". IAAF. 2007-07-26. http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=39951.html. Retrieved 2009-95-23.
- ^ a b Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-05-21). "Barrios, Giralt, Savigne, and Vili shine in Uberlândia". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/WAF09/news/kind=100/newsid=50654.html. Retrieved 2009-95-21.
- ^ Two golds for host Chinese as Asian Champs kick off in Guangzhou. IAAF (2009-11-11). Retrieved on 2010-09-08.
- ^ Eder, Larry (2010-07-15). Andrey Mikhnevich in Top Shape: 22.09m ! by Alfons Juck, Note by Larry Eder. RunBlogRun. Retrieved on 2010-09-08.
- ^ Ramsak, Bob (2010-09-05). EVENT Report - Men's Hammer Throw. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-08.
- ^ Murofushi and Heidler take overall titles and prize of $30,000 each – IAAF World Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF (2010-09-08). Retrieved on 2010-09-08.
- ^ "Profile". 2006 Asian Games official site. http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/SPORTS/CO/IGCOParticipantInfo.aspx?Register=0005809901. Retrieved 2006-12-11.[dead link]
Categories:- 1982 births
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- Tajikistani athletes
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- Olympic athletes of Tajikistan
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
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