Feruza Sadikova (Uzbek: Феруза Садикова; born 23 April 2002) is an Uzbekistani taekwondo practitioner. In 2019, she won a bronze medal at the World Military Games, and in 2021, she won the Asian Taekwondo Championship. She has also won bronze medals twice at the World Championship, is a winner of the Islamic Solidarity Games, and a silver medalist at the Summer Asian Games.

Feruza Sadikova
Personal information
Born (2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 (age 22)
Sport
CountryUzbekistan
SportTaekwondo
Weight class62 kg
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Uzbekistan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Guadalajara 62 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Baku 62 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou 67 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Beirut 62 kg
Silver medal – second place 2024 Da Nang 62 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Chuncheon 62 kg
Military World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Wuhan 62 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 62 kg
World University Games
Silver medal – second place 2021 Chengdu 62 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Chengdu Team

Biography

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Feruza Sadikova was born on April 23, 2002, in Tashkent. She started practicing sports at a school-internat of the Olympic reserve in the city of Chirchik.[1][2]

Since 2018, she has been participating in major sports competitions. In that year, she won the Uzbekistan Cup for the prizes of the Republic of Korea Ambassador in Uzbekistan.[3] In 2019, she won a bronze medal at the World Military Games in the weight category up to 62 kg, held in Wuhan,China).[4] In the same year, she competed in the World Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, the United Kingdom). In the first round, Feruza defeated Natali Hamadi from Kuwait, but lost in the following round. She then won a bronze medal at the Asian Youth Taekwondo Championships .[5] On June 18, 2021, at the Asian Taekwondo Championships in Beirut, Lebanon, Feruza Sadykova won the gold medal in the weight category up to 62 kg, defeating Chon Chhye from the Republic of Korea.[6][7] In the same year, she won the "Beirut Open" international competition.

In 2022, Feruza Sadikova won the gold medal at the international tournament "Fujairah Open" .[8] In the 1/8 finals at the Grand Prix in Rome, Italy, she lost to Caroline Santos from Brazil. However, she later won a bronze medal at the President's Cup of the Asian Taekwondo Federation. In June, she participated in the weight category up to 62 kg at the Asian Taekwondo Championships in the Korean city of Chuncheon. On June 25, in the semifinal match, she lost to Nastaran Valizade from Iran and won only a bronze medal. [9]

In 2023, at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan, in the 62 kg category, Sadikova won a bronze medal.[10] In October of the same year, in Hangzhou, China, at the Summer Asian Games in the weight category up to 67 kg, she won a silver medal, losing in the final to a Chinese athlete.[11]

In 2024, Sadikova won the silver medal at the Asian Championships, losing to Thailand's Sasikarn Tongchan in the final.[12]


References

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  1. ^ "Aktenge Keunimjayeva va Feruza Sodiqovani tabriklaymiz!". www.olympic.uz. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  2. ^ "SADIKOVA Feruza". taekwondodata.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  3. ^ "Кубок Узбекистана на призы Посла Республики Корея в Убекистане". uzb.tkdo.events. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  4. ^ "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-11-12. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  5. ^ "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  6. ^ "Узбекская таэквондистка Феруза Садыкова стала чемпионкой Азии". UzReport.news. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  7. ^ "Феруза Садыкова — чемпионка Азии! Ещё 4 медали в копилке сборной Узбекистана по таэквондо". olympic.uz. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  8. ^ "Феруза Садикова: "Fujairah Open"даги ҳар бир жанг қийин кечди"". Olamsport.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  9. ^ "Таэквондо: еще двое наших спортсменов повторили результаты Улугбека и Чарос". Uza.uz. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  10. ^ "2023 World Taekwondo Championships in Baku: All final results and medals-Women's -62kg". olympics.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  11. ^ "Taekwondo SADIKOVA Feruza - The 19th Asian Games". info.hangzhou2022.cn. Archived from the original on 2023-10-07. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  12. ^ "2024 Asian Taekwondo Championships - Results Recap". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
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