Uzbekistan first competed at the 1993 World Championships, after the fall of the Soviet Union. At this competition Oksana Chusovitina won Uzbekistan its first World Championships medal, a bronze on vault.[1] Ten years later at the 2003 World Championships, Chusovitina would win Uzbekistan its first World Championships gold medal.[2] At the 2007 World Championships Anton Fokin would become the first Uzbek male gymnast to win a World Championships medal, a bronze on parallel bars.[3]
Uzbekistan at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | |
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IOC code | UZB |
Medals |
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Medalists
editMedal | Name | Year | Event |
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Bronze | Oksana Chusovitina | 1993 Birmingham | Women's vault |
Silver | Oksana Chusovitina | 2001 Ghent | Women's vault |
Bronze | Oksana Chusovitina | 2002 Debrecen | Women's vault |
Gold | Oksana Chusovitina | 2003 Anaheim | Women's vault |
Silver | Oksana Chusovitina | 2005 Melbourne | Women's vault |
Bronze | Anton Fokin | 2007 Stuttgart | Men's parallel bars |
References
edit- ^ "Oksana Chusovitina: Uzbekistan". International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
- ^ "41-year-old Oksana Chusovitina may be the most incredible athlete at the Olympics". ESPN. August 3, 2016.
- ^ "41st Artistic Gymnastics World Championships – London (GBR), October 13-18, 2009". Asian Gymnastics Union. October 11, 2009.