Andrey Abduvaliyev
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 Andrey Abduvaliyev |
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Competitor for  Unified Team |
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| Gold | 1992 Barcelona | Hammer | |
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Competitor for  Tajikistan |
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| Gold | 1993 Stuttgart | Hammer | |
| Gold | 1995 Gothenburg | Hammer | |
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 particiation was in 2000 while representing Uzbekistan.
His personal best was 83.46m in 1990, at the time World and European record; with the collapse of the Soviet Union (a member of the European Athletic Association), his decision of competing for Tajikistan (a member of the Asian Athletics Federation) left him in the paradoxical condition of being the world record holder, but not record holder of his continent.
[edit] Major achievements
| Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Extra |
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| 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 5th | |
| 1992 | Summer Olympics | Barcelona, Spain | 1st | |
| 1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 1st | |
| 1995 | World Championships | Göteborg, Sweden | 1st | |
| Central Asian Games | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 1st | ||
| 1998 | Asian Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 1st | |
| Asian Games | Bangkok, Thailand | 2nd |
[edit] External links
IAAF profile for Andrey Abduvaliyev
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Preceded by Igor Astapkovich |
Men's Hammer Best Year Performance 1993 – 1995 |
Succeeded by Lance Deal |
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