Ruslan Nurudinov

Ruslan Nurudinov (Uzbek: Ruslan Shamil'evich Nurudinov; born 24 November 1991) is an Uzbekistani weightlifter of Tatar ethnic origin. He is the first world champion for Uzbekistan in weightlifting (2013). Nurudinov won a gold medal at the 2016 Olympics, setting a new Olympic record in the clean and jerk at 237 kg.

Ruslan Nurudinov

Nurudinov on a 2017 stamp of Uzbekistan
Personal information
Nationality	Republic of Uzbekistan
Born	(1991-11-24) 24 November 1991 Andijan, Uzbekistan
Years active	2010–present
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	109 kg (240 lb)
Sport
Country	Uzbekistan
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	–109 kg
Turned pro	2010
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Snatch: 194 kg (2016) Clean & jerk: 241 kg (2021, CWR) Total: 432 kg (2014)
Medal record Representing Uzbekistan Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro – 105 kg World Championships 2013 Wrocław 105 kg 2022 Bogotá 109 kg 2014 Almaty 105 kg 2021 Tashkent 109 kg 2023 Riyadh 109 kg Asian Games 2018 Jakarta 105 kg 2022 Hangzhou 109 kg Asian Championships 2012 Pyeongtaek -105 kg 2013 Astana -105 kg 2020 Tashkent -109 kg 2023 Jinju -109 kg 2024 Tashkent -109 kg Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan −105 kg

Career

At the 2013 World Championships which held was in Poland, Nurudinov became the world champion for the first time, confidently winning the snatch (190 kg) and clean and jerk (235 kg). And in the double-event total he took a gold medal with a result of 425 kg.

In 2014, at the World Championships held in Almaty, Nurudinov, in an uncompromising fight for first place with Kazakh and Russian weightlifters, broke the world record in the clean and jerk - 239 kg, then Russian David Bedzhanyan regained the highest world achievement - 240 kg, and finally, Kazakh Ilya Ilyin set the final world record in clean and jerk at 242 kg. As a result, the Uzbek athlete was first in the snatch (193 kg), third in the clean and jerk (239 kg) and took the second place in the combined event (432 kg).

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Nurudinov, in the absence of the disqualified Ilyin, won the snatch (194 kg), set an Olympic record in the clean and jerk (237 kg) and by a large margin won a gold medal with a combined total of 431 kg.

At the beginning of November 2018, at the World Championships in Ashgabat, an Uzbek athlete in the new weight category of up to 109 kg failed his performance in the snatch, failed to take the initial weight of 188 kg. But in the clean and jerk he managed to win a small bronze medal with a weight on the barbell of 227 kg. To get a big bronze medal in total, he only had to pull out a barbell weighing 177 kg.

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Olympic Games
2012	London, United Kingdom	105 kg	184	188	190	5	220	226	226	3	404	DSQ
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	105 kg	190	194	197	2	225	230	237 OR	1	431
World Championships
2010	Antalya, Turkey	85 kg	165	165	169	7	197	197	201	10	362	10
2011	Paris, France	94 kg	177	177	180	8	215	221	225		398	5
2013	Wrocław, Poland	105 kg	190	190	195		225	230	235		425
2014	Almaty, Kazakhstan	105 kg	185	190	193		220	230	239 WR		432
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	109 kg	187	189	189	--	222	227	238		--	--
2021	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	109 kg	185	185	189		227	236	242		421
2022	Bogotá, Colombia	109 kg	177	177	180		217	220	220		397
2023	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	109 kg	175	180	185	4	221	227	236		407
Asian Games
2010	Guangzhou, China	94 kg	170	175	175	4	205	209	214	4	379	5
2018	Jakarta, Indonesia	105 kg	183	187	191	1	222	230	--	1	421
2023	Hangzhou, China	109 kg	175	175	178	4	216	--	--	3	391
Asian Championships
2011	Tongling, China	94 kg	160	160	160	6	200	200	200	5	360	5
2012	Pyeongtaek, South Korea	105 kg	180	184	187		220	228	230		404
2013	Astana, Kazakhstan	105 kg	185	190	196		220	230	--		420
2016	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	+105 kg	183	188	191		225	230	235	4	426	4
2020	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	109 kg	183	188	188		228	235	241 CWR		429
2023	Jinju, South Korea	109 kg	170	175	177		213	221	228		405
2024	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	109 kg	165	170	175		207	207	--		382
Summer Universiade
2013	Kazan, Russia	105 kg	184	188	190		215	222	--		412

External links

• Media related to Ruslan Nurudinov at Wikimedia Commons
• Ruslan Nurudinov at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Ruslan Nurudinov at the International Weightlifting Results Project
• Ruslan Nurudinov at Olympics.com
• Ruslan Nurudinov at Olympic.org (archived)
• Ruslan Nurudinov at Olympedia