Muminjon Abdullaev

Uzbekistani Greco-Roman wrestler

Muminjon Abdullaev

Abdullaev (below) and Dremiel Byers (top) at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Personal information

Native name

Муминжон Абдуллаев

Nationality

Uzbekistan

Born

24 December 1989 (1989-12-24) (age 34)
Samarqand Province, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union

Height

1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)

Sport

Country

Uzbekistan

Sport

Greco-Roman wrestling

Weight class

130 kg

Club

Batir, Tashkent

Coached by

Hakim Nakibov

Medal record

Representing Uzbekistan

Asian Games
	2018 Jakarta	130 kg
Asian Championships
	2018 Bishkek	130 kg
	2022 Ulaanbaatar	130 kg
	2017 New Delhi	130 kg
	2010 New Delhi	96 kg
Asian Indoor Games
	2017 Ashgabat	130 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
	2017 Baku	130 kg

Muminjon Abdullaev (born 24 December 1989) is an Uzbekistani Greco-Roman wrestler.

Career

He who won a bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Wrestling Championships in the 96 kg division.^[1] He competed in the 120 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated in the 1/8 finals by Dremiel Byers.^[2]^[3]

Later in 2012 Abdullaev tested positive for nandrolone, an anabolic steroid, and was banned for two years until 20 November 2014.^[4]

In 2021, he competed in the men's 130 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[5]

In 2022, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.^[6] He lost his bronze medal match in the 130 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.^[7]^[8]

References

^ "Abdullaev, Muminjon (UZB)". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Muminzhon Abdullayev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
^ "Muminjon Abdullaev". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
^ "Anti-doping Rules Violations / Violations des Règles Antidopage" (PDF). UnitedWorldWrestling.org. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
^ "ABDULLAEV Muminjon". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
^ Brennan, Eliott (13 September 2022). "Olympic medallist Kayaalp returns to champion status at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.