Firdavsbek Musabekov is a visually impaired Uzbekistani Paralympic swimmer.[1] He is a gold medalist at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Country | Uzbekistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Vision impairment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | S13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editHe represented Uzbekistan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won one of the gold medals in the men's 100 metre breaststroke SB13 event. Oleksii Fedyna, representing Ukraine, also won a gold medal as both swimmers finished with a time of 1:04.94.[1][2][3]
At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships held in London, United Kingdom, he won the silver medal in the men's 100m breaststroke SB13 event.[4]
He also represented Uzbekistan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Firdavsbek Musabekov". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Five countries who won historic golds at Rio 2016". paralympic.org. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ Etchells, Daniel (11 September 2016). "Kiwi Pascoe claims eighth Paralympic swimming gold medal of career in world record time". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "London 2019 Results". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
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