Andrey Abduvaliyev
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Andrey Hakimovich Abduvaliyev (Russian: Андрей Хакимович Абдувалиев; born 30 June 1966) is a former Soviet, Tajikistani, and Uzbekistani hammer thrower.
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Native name | Андрей Хакимович Абдувалиев | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Andrey Hakimovich Abduvaliyev | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Uzbek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 30 June 1966 (1966-06-30) (age 57) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 125 kg (276 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Soviet Union Tajikistan Uzbekistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hammer throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Dushanbe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 83.46 m (1990) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics while representing the Unified Team. After competing for USSR he chose to represent Tajikistan when USSR was dissolved. In 1997 he changed his nationality to Uzbekistan, thus becoming one of the very few athletes to compete for three states. His second Olympic participation was in 2000 while representing Uzbekistan.
His personal best was 83.46 m in 1990.