Uzbekistani taekwondo practitioner
Ulugbek Rashitov
 Rashitov on a 2022 stamp of Uzbekistan |
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| Born | (2002-03-23) 23 March 2002 (age 21) |
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| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
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| Country | Uzbekistan |
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| Sport | Taekwondo |
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| University team | National University of Uzbekistan |
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| Coached by | Pavel Khan |
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Ulugbek Rashitov (born 23 March 2002) is an Uzbekistani taekwondo practitioner. In 2021, he won the gold medal in the 68 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. In 2019, he won the gold medal in the 58 kg event at the Military World Games held in Wuhan, China.[1]
Career
In 2018, he won the silver medal in the boys' 48 kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 2019, Rashitov won the gold medal in the 55 kg event at the Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships.[2]
Rashitov represented Uzbekistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He won gold, beating Bradly Sinden of Great Britain in the final.[3][4] At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 68 kg weight category. In qualifying, he defeated Seydou Fofana from Mali In the 1/8 finals, he defeated two-time Olympic medalist from South Korea Lee Dae-Hoon.[5] In the semi-finals, he went to dayan against Nedžad Husić[6] (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and won a landslide victory with a score of 28:5. In the final, he defeated the British taekwondo player Bradley Sinden with a score of 34:29,[citation needed] winning the first gold medal at the Olympic Taekwondo Games in the history of the Uzbekistan national team.[7]
