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Andrey Abduvaliyev

Andrey Abduvaliyev
Personal information
Native name Андрей Хакимович Абдувалиев
Full name Andrey Hakimovich Abduvaliyev
Nationality Uzbek
Born June 30, 1966 (1966-06-30) (age 50)
Leningrad, Soviet Union
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
Country  Soviet Union
 Tajikistan
 Uzbekistan
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Hammer throw
Club Dynamo Dushanbe
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 83.46 m (1990)

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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