Diyora Keldiyorova (Uzbek: Diyora Baxtiyor qizi Keldiyorova; born 13 July 1998 in Juma, Samarkand Region)[1] is an Uzbek judoka. She won the gold medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[2] She is also a two-time silver medalist in the women's 52 kg event at the World Judo Championships (2023 and 2024).
In 2019, she won the gold medal in her event at the Asian-Pacific Judo Championships held in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.[3]
She is the first Uzbek woman to win a Grand Slam tournament in judo. Diyora Keldiyorova is the first athlete in the history of Uzbekistan to win gold in judo at the Olympic Games. She is also the first athlete to win a gold medal among women in Uzbekistan at the Summer Olympics.[4]
Career
editKeldiyorova won one of the bronze medals in the girls' 44 kg event at the 2013 Asian Youth Games held in Nanjing, China.
In 2018, Keldiyorova competed in the women's 48 kg event at the Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.[1] She entered into the repechage after losing her second match, against Ami Kondo of Japan, and she was then eliminated from the competition in her match against Jon Yu-sun of North Korea.[1] At the 2019 Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy, Keldiyorova won one of the bronze medals in the women's 52 kg event.[5] In the women's 52 kg event at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China she also won one of the bronze medals.[6]
In 2019, Keldiyorova won one of the bronze medals in her event at the Judo World Masters held in Qingdao, China.[7][8] In 2021, she competed in the women's 52 kg event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[9] A few months later, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey and the silver medal at the 2021 Asian-Pacific Judo Championships held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.[10][11] In June 2021, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's 52 kg event at the World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[12]
Keldiyorova lost her bronze medal match in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.[13] She won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey.[14]
Keldiyorova won the silver medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar. In 2024, she won a bronze medal at the Asian Judo Championships held in Hong Kong, China.[15] Keldiyorova won the silver medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2024 World Judo Championships held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[16] She lost against Odette Giuffrida of Italy in her gold medal match.[17] On July 28, 2024, at the Olympics in Paris, Diyora Keldiyorova in the 1/16 with a clear ippon 10:1 took revenge for the defeat in the Qatar final of 2023 to the Japanese Uta Abe. In the final, she defeated the Kosovar athlete Distria Krasniqi and became the Olympic champion and the first Uzbek woman to win a Summer Olympics gold medal.[18]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (28 July 2024). "Judo: Hifumi Abe dominates to claim second Olympic title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "2019 Asian-Pacific Judo Championships". IJF. Archived from the original on 20 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ "Diyora Keldiyorova makes history as first Olympic judo champion of Uzbekistan".
- ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Summer Universiade. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Results - Page 106" (PDF). 2019 Military World Games Results. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ "2019 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ Pickering, Mark (12 December 2019). "NAGAYAMA and SHISHIME at the double for Japan". IJF. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ Shefferd, Neil (1 April 2021). "Canadian and Italian national rivals compete for gold on opening day of IJF Antalya Grand Slam". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ Houston, Michael (6 April 2021). "China win two golds on day one of Asia-Oceania Judo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (7 June 2021). "Maruyama and Shishime triumph on golden day for Japan at IJF World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (17 February 2022). "Three French judoka and Israel's Shmailov among winners at Tel Aviv Grand Slam". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ Shefferd, Neil (1 April 2022). "World number ones triumph in men's categories on day one of IJF Antalya Grand Slam". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ "See Continental Championships / Asian Championships Hong Kong". judoinside.com. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (20 May 2024). "2024 Judo World Championships Day 1: Gold and silver for Italy". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Judo - World Championships - 2024 — Results Women — Women's Half Lightweight 52 kg - 19 May 2024". The-Sports.org. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/judo/women--52-kg/fnl-000100-- [bare URL]
External links
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Media related to Diyora Keldiyorova at Wikimedia Commons
- Diyora Keldiyorova at the International Judo Federation
- Diyora Keldiyorova at JudoInside.com
- Diyora Keldiyorova at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Diyora Keldiyorova at Olympics.com
- Diyora Keldiyorova at Olympedia
- Diyora Keldiyorova at The-Sports.org
- Diyora Keldiyorova on Instagram
