Muminjon Abdullaev

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| name = Muminjon Abdullaev

| image = Dremiel Byers vs Muminjon Abdullaev 2012.jpg

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

| native_name = Муминжон Абдуллаев

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| nationality = {{UZB}}

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|24 December 1989}}

| birth_place = Samarqand Province, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union

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| height = 1.87 m

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| country = {{UZB}}

| sport = Greco-Roman wrestling

| weight_class = 130 kg

| club = Batir, Tashkent

| coach = Hakim Nakibov

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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.{{cite web |url=https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?spid=2D7BD7605E3A45038C95AB195F30A018 |title=Abdullaev, Muminjon (UZB) |website=iat.uni-leipzig.de |access-date=16 April 2015}} He competed in the 120 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated in the 1/8 finals by Dremiel Byers.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ab/muminzhon-abdullayev-1.html |title=Muminzhon Abdullayev |access-date=16 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111003/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ab/muminzhon-abdullayev-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-18}}{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/abdullaev-muminjon-1109102/ |title=Muminjon Abdullaev |website=London2012.com |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=2012-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905225448/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/abdullaev-muminjon-1109102/ |archive-date=2012-09-05}}

Later in 2012 Abdullaev tested positive for nandrolone, an anabolic steroid, and was banned for two years until 20 November 2014.{{cite web |url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/17-140808_list_of_antidoping_rules_violations_internet.pdf |title=Anti-doping Rules Violations / Violations des Règles Antidopage |website=UnitedWorldWrestling.org |access-date=16 April 2015}}

In 2021, he competed in the men's 130 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/wrestling/athlete-profile-n1284000-abdullaev-muminjon.htm |title=ABDULLAEV Muminjon |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=2 September 2021 |archive-date=29 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729165232/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/wrestling/athlete-profile-n1284000-abdullaev-muminjon.htm |url-status=dead}}

In 2022, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.{{Cite web |title=2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final-book-ranking-series-istambul-2022-light.pdf?VersionId=BMipbXFVxzXXeonWOfeVdKVeNlWlxYzt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302085143/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final-book-ranking-series-istambul-2022-light.pdf?VersionId=BMipbXFVxzXXeonWOfeVdKVeNlWlxYzt |archive-date=2 March 2022 |access-date=2 March 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}} He lost his bronze medal match in the 130 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite news |last=Brennan |first=Eliott |date=13 September 2022 |title=Olympic medallist Kayaalp returns to champion status at World Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1128029/kayaalp-champion-wrestling |access-date=14 September 2022}}{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}