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Abdulla Azimov

Abdulla Azimov (born 20 March 1996)[2] is an Uzbekistani artistic gymnast. He won the all-around bronze medal at the 2024 Asian Championships and qualified to represent Uzbekistan at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He is the 2024 Asian Championships and 2014 Asian Games silver medalist on the pommel horse. With the Uzbekistan national team, he is the 2024 Asian Championships and 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalist.

Abdulla Azimov
Azimov in 2022
Personal information
Country represented Uzbekistan
Born (1996-03-20) 20 March 1996 (age 28)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team2012–present[1]
Head coach(es)Evgeny Galkin
Medal record
Representing  Uzbekistan
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Pommel horse
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Tashkent Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Tashkent Pommel horse
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Tashkent All-around
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place 2021 Konya Team
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Apparatus World Cup 1 0 0
World Challenge Cup 0 1 1
Total 1 1 1

Career

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2014

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Azimov began competing in senior international competitions in 2014. At the 2014 Cottbus World Cup, he finished eighth in the pommel horse final.[3] He then finished fifth on the pommel horse at the Anadia World Challenge Cup.[4] He represented Uzbekistan at the 2014 Asian Games where the team finished seventh.[5] Individually, Azimov won the silver medal on the pommel horse behind Japan's Masayoshi Yamamoto.[6] Then at the 2014 World Championships, the Uzbekistan team finished 32nd,[7] and Azimov finished 20th on the pommel horse.[8]

2018–19

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Azimov finished fifth in the pommel horse final at the 2018 Mersin World Challenge Cup.[9] He then represented Uzbekistan at the 2018 Asian Games and helped the team finish seventh. Individually, Azimov finished 15th in the all-around.[10] Then at the 2018 World Championships, the Uzbekistan team finished 38th,[11] and Azimov finished 89th in the all-around.[12]

Azimov competed at the 2019 Summer Universiade and qualified for the pommel horse final where he finished fourth.[13] He then competed at the 2019 World Championships, finishing 72nd in the all-around.[14]

2021–22

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Azimov won a bronze medal on the pommel horse at the 2021 Varna World Challenge Cup.[15][16]

Azimov began the 2022 season with a seventh-place finish on the pommel horse at the 2022 Cairo World Cup.[17] He then finished eighth on the pommel horse at the Baku World Cup.[18] He competed at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games, held in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and won a silver medal with teammates Rasuljon Abdurakhimov and Khabibullo Ergashev. Individually, he finished sixth in the all-around, fifth on the floor exercise, and fourth on the pommel horse.[19] At the 2022 World Championships, he finished ninth on the pommel horse during the qualification round, making her the first reserve for the final.[20]

2023

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At the 2023 Cottbus World Cup, Azimov won the gold medal on the pommel horse in an upset victory over World champions and Olympic medalists.[21] Then at the Varna World Challenge Cup, he won the pommel horse silver medal behind Matvei Petrov.[22] He competed at the 2023 Asian Championships and finished eighth in the pommel horse final.[23] Then at the 2023 World Championships, he finished 36th in the all-around during the qualification round.[24]

2024

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Azimov won the all-around bronze medal at the 2024 Asian Championships behind Carlos Yulo and Milad Karimi. Because Yulo and Karimi had already qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Azimov received the continental championships berth.[25][26] Additionally, he won a silver medal with the Uzbekistan team and a silver medal on the pommel horse behind Nariman Kurbanov.[27][28] At the Olympic Games, he finished 28th in the all-around during the qualification round, making him the second reserve for the final.[29]

References

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  1. ^ "Абдулла Азимов" [Abdullah Azimov]. National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan (in Tajik).
  2. ^ "52nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Antwerp (BEL), 30 September – 8 October 2023 Men Entry List by NOC" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 29 September 2023. p. 15. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  3. ^ "38. Turnier der Meister Cottbus Pommel Horse Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 15 March 2014. p. 2. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  4. ^ "World Challenge Cup Anadia 2014 Men's Event Finals" (PDF). USA Gymnastics (in Portuguese). Portugal Gymnastics Federation. 31 May 2014. p. 2. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Gymnastics Artistic Men's Qualification And Team Final" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Incheon 2014. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Park Min-soo gets bronze in men's pommel horse". Yonhap News Agency. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  7. ^ "45th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning (CHN) Men's Qualification Team Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  8. ^ "45th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning (CHN) Men's Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 3 October 2014. p. 16. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Results for FIG World Challenge Cup Mersin (TUR)". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Official Results Book Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). Asian Games. p. 7, 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  11. ^ "48th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Doha (QAT), 25 October – 3 November 2018 Men's Team Quaification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  12. ^ "48th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Doha (QAT), 25 October – 3 November 2018 Men's All-Around Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  13. ^ "30th Summer Universiade 2019 Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Final Seniors Men" (PDF). 30th Summer Universiade 2019 Main Results. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  14. ^ "49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Stuttgart (GER), 4 October – 13 October 2019 Men's All-Around Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Kovtun claims two golds, Perebinosova wins full set of medals in Varna". International Gymnastics Federation. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  16. ^ "46-year-old Oksana Chusovitina and Abdulla Azimov won prizes at the World Cup". National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  17. ^ "2022 FIG Apparatus World Cup Cairo (EGY) Pommel Horse" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 19 March 2022. p. 2. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  18. ^ "FIG Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus World Cup, AGF Trophy Baku Azerbaijan 31 March – 3 April 2022 Men Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  19. ^ "5th Islamic Solidarity Games – Artistic Gymnastics Konya, TUR 09-18 Agu 2022 MAG Results" (PDF). Konya 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  20. ^ "51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Liverpool (GBR), 29 October – 6 November 2022 Men's Pommel Horse Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 31 October 2022. p. 5. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  21. ^ "Gymnasts from seven nations snag titles at Cottbus World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  22. ^ "World Challenge Cup: Veterans and rookies brilliant in Bulgaria". International Gymnastics Federation. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  23. ^ "Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships 2023 – Men's Artistic Gymnastics". ScoreExpress Results. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  24. ^ "52nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Antwerp (BEL), 30 September – 8 October 2023 Men's All-Around Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  25. ^ "Abdulla Azimov Parij-2024 yo'llanmasiga ega chiqib, o'zbek sport gimnastikasi tarixida yangi sahifa ochdi" [Abdulla Azimov won a ticket to Paris-2024 and opened a new page in the history of Uzbek sports gymnastics]. Stadion (in Uzbek). 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  26. ^ "Uzbekistan's Azimov Earns Spot in Paris 2024 Olympics". Asian Gymnastics Union. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  27. ^ "17th Junior & 11th Senior Men Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships Men's Senior Team Final" (PDF). Asian Gymnastics Union. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  28. ^ "Impressive Performances at the Senior Men's Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championship in Tashkent". Asian Gymnastics Union. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  29. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's All-Around Qualification". International Gymnastics Federation. International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
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