Utkirjon Nigmatov

Utkirjon Nigmatov (born 10 September 1990)is an Uzbek judoka and Paralympian competing in the weight category up to 66 kg.^[1] He is the champion of the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games, a medalist in World Championships, winner of the Summer Para Asian Games, and a medalist in World Cup and Grand Prix events in Para Judo.

Utkirjon Nigmatov

Asila Mirzayorova at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Native name	Oʻtkirjon Nigmatov
Citizenship	Uzbek
Born	(1990-09-10) 10 September 1990 (age 34) Samarkand region Uzbek SSR
Weight	up to 66 kg
Sport
Country	Uzbekistan
Sport	judoka
Disability	visually impaired
Event	judo
Medal record Representing  Uzbekistan Paralympic Games Judo 2016 Rio de Janeiro 66 kg Asian Para Games 2018 Jakarta 66 kg 2018 Jakarta Team IBSA World Championships 2014 Colorado, USA Individual 2018 Lisbon, Portugal Individual IBSA World Games 2015 Seul, South Korea Individual IBSA World Cup 2017 Antalya, Turkey Individual 2020 Tbilisi, Georgia Individual IBSA Judo Grand Prix 2021 Baku, Azerbaijan Individual

Career

In 2014, at the World Judo Championships for the visually impaired in Colorado, USA, he won a silver medal in his weight category, losing in the final to Bayram Mustafayev from Azerbaijan.^[1][2] In 2015, at the World Games for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Seoul, South Korea, in the judo competition in the weight category up to 66 kg, he claimed victory in the final over Mongolian judoka Munkhbat Aajim.^[3]

In 2016, at the Summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the weight category up to 66 kg, he secured a victory in the final over Azerbaijani judoka Bayram Mustafayev, earning an Olympic gold medal.^[4] In the same year, the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, awarded Utkirjon the honorary title " Oʻzbekiston iftixori" ("Pride of Uzbekistan").^[5][6][7]

In 2018, at the Summer Para Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, in the weight category up to 66 kg, he emerged victorious in the final against Kazakh judoka Azamat Turumbetov, winning the gold medal for the games.^[8] At the same competition, he also secured a bronze medal as part of the Uzbekistan team.^[9] In the same year, at the World Judo Championships for the visually impaired in Lisbon, Portugal, he won a bronze medal in his weight category.^[10]

In 2021, he won silver at the Grand Prix stage of visually impaired and partially sighted judo in Baku, Azerbaijan, in the weight category up to 66 kg, losing in the final to the Azerbaijani Namig Abbasli.^{[11][12][13][14]}

Medals

IBSA World Championships

Year	Location	Event	Position
2014	Colorado, United States	Individual Judo	2nd[1]
2018	Lisbon, Portugal	Individual Judo	1st[1]

IBSA World Games

Year	Location	Event	Position
2015	Seoul, South Korea	Individual Judo	1st[1]

Paralympic Games

Year	Location	Event	Position
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Individual Judo	1st[1]

IBSA World Cup

Year	Location	Event	Position
2017	Antalya, Turkey	Individual Judo	3rd[1]
2020	Tbilisi, Georgia	Individual Judo	3rd[1]

Asian Para Games Jakarta

Year	Location	Event	Position
2018	Jakarta, Indonesia	Individual Judo	1st[1]

IBSA Judo Grand Prix

Year	Location	Event	Position
2021	Baku, Azerbaijan	Individual Judo	2nd[1]