Andrey Abduvaliyev

Andrey Hakimovich Abduvaliyev (Russian: Андрей Хакимович Абдувалиев; born June 30, 1966 in Leningrad) is a former Soviet, Tajikistani, and Uzbekistani hammer thrower.

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 particiation was in 2000 while representing Uzbekistan.

His personal best was 83.46m in 1990, at the time World and European record; with the collapse of the Soviet Union (a member of the European Athletic Association), his decision of competing for Tajikistan (a member of the Asian Athletics Federation) left him in the paradoxical condition of being the world record holder, but not record holder of his continent.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing the Soviet Union
1990	Goodwill Games	Seattle, United States	2nd	82.20 m
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	5th	78.30 m
Representing the  Unified Team
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	1st	82.54 m
Representing Tajikistan
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	1st	81.64 m
1995	World Championships	Göteborg, Sweden	1st	81.56 m
	Central Asian Games	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	1st
Representing Uzbekistan
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	15th	74.96 m
1998	Asian Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	1st
	Asian Games	Bangkok, Thailand	2nd
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	15th	75.12 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	15th	75.64 m

External links

• IAAF profile for Andrey Abduvaliyev
• sports-reference