Ulugbek Rashitov

Ulugbek Rashitov (born 23 March 2002) is an Uzbekistani taekwondo practitioner. In 2021, he won the gold medal in the men's 68 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's 58 kg event at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China.[1]

Ulugbek Rashitov
Personal information
Born (2002-03-23) 23 March 2002
Sport
CountryUzbekistan
SportTaekwondo
University teamNational University of Uzbekistan
Coached byPavel Khan
Medal record
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo 68 kg
Military World Games
2019 Wuhan 58 kg
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos Aires 48 kg
World Junior Championships
2018 Hammamet 51 kg
Asian Junior Championships
2017 Atyrau 45 kg
2019 Amman 55 kg

In 2019, he also won the gold medal in the men's 55 kg event at the Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships.[2]

In 2018, he won the silver medal in the boys' 48 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He represented Uzbekistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He won gold, beating Bradly Sinden of Great Britain in the final.[3][4]

References
  1. "Results - Page 434" (PDF). 2019 Military World Games. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. Palmer, Dan (22 July 2019). "Iran dominate Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships with 10 gold medals". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  3. Palmer, Dan (25 July 2021). "Rashitov and Zolotic win Olympic taekwondo titles as refugee team's Alizadeh agonisingly misses bronze". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.


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