Akbar Djuraev

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| birth_place = Tashkent

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| nationality = Uzbekistani

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| weight = {{convert|108.55|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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| country = Uzbekistan

| sport = Weightlifting

| weight_class = 109 kg

| pb = {{unbulleted list|Snatch: 195 kg (2021)

|Clean and jerk: 242 kg (2023)

|Total: 437 kg (2023)}}

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| team = National team

| coach = Mansurbek Chashemov
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Akbar Djuraev (born 8 October 1999) is an Uzbekistani weightlifter, Olympic Champion and Junior World Champion. He won the gold medal in the men's 109{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He also won the gold medal in the men's 109{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.{{Cite news |last=Oliver |first=Brian |date=16 December 2021 |title=Home fans celebrate as Djuraev adds weightlifting world title to Olympic gold |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1116918/djuraev-iwf-weightlifting-world-champs |url-status=live |access-date=16 December 2021 |archive-date=16 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216194920/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1116918/djuraev-iwf-weightlifting-world-champs}}

He competed in the 105 kg category until 2018, and the 102 kg and 109 kg categories starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.{{Cite web |url=http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/M102A.pdf |title=PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 102 kg |website=Ashgabat2018.com |access-date=24 December 2018 |archive-date=17 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117022258/http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/M102A.pdf |url-status=dead}}

He holds the junior world record in the snatch and total in the 102 kg division, as well as the snatch, clean & jerk and total in the 109 kg division.

Career

In the 2017 Junior World Championships, Djuraev finished sixth in the 105-kilogram weight category with a total of 352 kilograms in the two exercises (162 + 190).{{Cite web|url= https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/athletes-bios/?athlete=djuraev-akbar-1999-10-08&id=14360|title= DJURAEV AKBAR |website= IWF Sport |accessdate= 5 October 2023}}

At the 2017 World Championships in Anaheim, Akbar placed 13th with a total of 373 kilograms in the 105-kilogram weight category. In the snatch, Akbar lifted 174 kilograms, and in the clean and jerk, he managed 199 kilograms.

In the 2018 Junior Asian Championships, Akbar won a gold medal with a total of 372 kilograms. In the same year. In the 2018 Junior World Championships in Tashkent, he secured a silver medal. In total, Akbar Djuraev lifted 369 kilograms, with 167 kilograms in the snatch and 202 kilograms in the clean and jerk.

In early November 2018, at the World Championships in Ashgabat, the Uzbek athlete won a gold medal in the 102-kilogram weight category in the snatch, lifting 180 kilograms. In the overall standings, he finished fourth, missing the absolute bronze medal by just one kilogram. His result in the clean and jerk was 212 kilograms.

In the December 2018 Qatar International Cup, Akbar Djuraev won a bronze medal in the new 109-kilogram weight category, lifting a total of 392 kilograms, the same weight he lifted at the World Championships in Ashgabat.In April, at the Asian Championships, Akbar Djuraev improved his personal record in the 109-kilogram weight category. The Uzbek weightlifter lifted 185 kilograms in the snatch and 225 kilograms in the clean and jerk, with a total of 410 kilograms, earning him a silver medal. In June, he became the Junior World Champion, lifting a total of 398 kilograms.

At the 2019 World Championships in Pattaya, Akbar Djuraev won a silver medal in the 109-kilogram weight category, jerking 229 kilograms. In the final standings, he finished fourth with a total of 417 kilograms. This result is a junior world record.{{Cite web|url= https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/weightlifting/athlete-profile-n1308558-djuraev-akbar.htm |title= Weightlifting Djuraev Akbar |website= Tokyo 2020 Olympics |accessdate= 5 October 2023}} He also won the Qatar Cup, with successful attempts of 185 kilograms in the snatch and 220 kilograms in the clean and jerk (405 kilograms in total).

In 2020, he won gold at the International Solidarity Championships, lifting a total of 410 kilograms in the two exercises. In the April Asian Championships, he again placed second, achieving a career-best result in the 109-kilogram weight category – 194 kilograms in the snatch and 234 kilograms in the clean and jerk (a total of 428 kilograms).He earned the right to participate in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo after defeating Olympic champion Ruslan Nurudinov by 12 kilograms at the Uzbekistan Championship.{{Cite web|url= https://weightlifting.uz/novosti/news_post/ruslan-nurudinov-i-akbar-dzhuraev-sopernichali-na-chempionate-uzbekistana-kto-pobedil|title= Руслан Нурудинов и Акбар Джураев соперничали на чемпионате Узбекистана. Кто победил?|website= weightlifting.uz |accessdate= 5 October 2023}} In Japan, he defeated Armenian weightlifter Simon Martirosyan and became an Olympic champion.{{Cite web|url= https://www.gazeta.uz/ru/2021/08/03/djuraev/|title= DJURAEV AKBAR |website= Токио-2020. Акбар Джураев завоевал золотую медаль |accessdate= 5 October 2023}}

In Saudi Arabia, at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships, the Uzbek athlete in the 109-kilogram category won the gold medal of the world championship with a total of 415 kilograms in the two exercises. He also received the small gold medal in the snatch and the small silver medal in the clean and jerk.{{Cite web|url= https://olympics.com/en/news/iwf-world-weightlifting-championships-2023-all-final-results-medals-complete-list|title= IWF World Weightlifting Championships 2023: All final results and medals – Full list-Men's 109kg|website= olympics.com |accessdate= 5 October 2023}}

In August 2024, Djuraev competed in the men's 102{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.{{Cite web |title=Weightlifting Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811193408/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}} He placed second with a total of 404 kg missing out 2 kg on the gold medal won by China's Liu Huanhua.

Major results

width=60 \| 1 ! width=60 \| 2 ! width=60 \| 3 ! width=45 \| Rank ! width=60 \| 1 ! width=60 \| 2 ! width=60 \| 3 ! width=45 \| Rank
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan=2 width=40 \| Year ! rowspan=2 width=250 \| Venue ! rowspan=2 width=60 \| Weight ! colspan=4 \| Snatch (kg) ! colspan=4 \| Clean & Jerk (kg) ! rowspan=2 width=60 \| Total ! rowspan=2 width=40 \| Rank
colspan=13 \| Olympic Games
2021	align=left \| Tokyo, Japan	109 kg	~~189~~	189	193	{{n/a}}	227	~~234~~	237 OR	{{n/a}}	430 OR	{{gold1}}
2024	align=left \| Paris, France	102 kg	180	185	~~189~~	{{n/a}}	219	~~224~~	~~232~~	{{n/a}}	404	{{silver2}}
colspan=13\|World Championships
2017	align=left\| Anaheim, United States	105 kg	164	169	174	12	194	199	~~203~~	15	373	13
2018	align=left\| Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	102 kg	173	178	180	{{gold1}}	200	207	212	4	392	4
2019	align=left\| Pattaya, Thailand	109 kg	~~183~~	184	188	6	221	226	229	{{silver2}}	417	4
2021	align=left\| Tashkent, Uzbekistan	\|109 kg	187	192	195	{{gold1}}	226	232	238	{{gold1}}	433	{{gold1}}
2023	align=left\| Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	\|109 kg	182	~~189~~	189	{{gold1}}	220	226	~~231~~	{{silver02}}	415	{{Gold01}}
colspan=13\|IWF World Cup
2024	align=left\| Phuket, Thailand	109 kg	180	185	189	{{gold1}}	220	227	—	{{gold1}}	416	{{gold1}}
colspan=13\|Asian Games
2023	align=left\| Hangzhou, China	109 kg	180	184	189	{{n/a}}	~~220~~	222	228	{{n/a}}	417	{{silver2}}
colspan=13\|Asian Championships
2019	align=left\| Ningbo, China	109 kg	176	181	185	{{silver2}}	215	219	225	{{silver2}}	410	{{silver2}}
2020	align=left\| Tashkent, Uzbekistan	109 kg	188	194	~~197~~	{{silver2}}	225	234	~~238~~	{{silver2}}	428	{{silver2}}
2023	align=left\| Jinju, South Korea	+109 kg	189	~~195~~	195	4	230	~~240~~	242	{{bronze3}}	437	{{bronze3}}
2024	align=left\| Tashkent, Uzbekistan	102 kg	175	180	~~183~~	{{gold1}}	214	~~219~~	220	{{gold1}}	400	{{gold1}}
colspan=13\|World Junior Championships
2017	align=left\| Tokyo, Japan	105 kg	155	159	162	4	~~185~~	185	190	6	352	6
2018	align=left \| Tashkent, Uzbekistan	105 kg	167	~~172~~	~~172~~	{{silver2}}	195	202	~~210~~	{{silver2}}	369	{{silver2}}
2019	align=left \| Suva, Fiji	109 kg	173	177	182	{{gold1}}	212	216	—	{{gold1}}	398	{{gold1}}