Nigora Tursunkulova

Nigora Tursunkulova
Nigora Tursunkulova in June 2021
Personal information
NationalityUzbekistani
Born (1999-04-04) 4 April 1999 (age 25)
Jizzax, Uzbekistan
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Uzbekistan
Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Chiba 67 kg
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta 67 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Ho Chi Minh City 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Manila 67 kg

Nigora Tursunkulova (born 4 April 1999) is an Uzbekistani taekwondo athlete.

She represented Uzbekistan at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she finished tied for ninth in the women's 67 kg, and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where she finished eleventh in the same event.[1][2] At age 17, she was the youngest competitor at the 2016 taekwondo Olympic tournament.[3]

Tursunkulova was one of the two flag bearers for Uzbekistan, along with boxer Bakhodir Jalolov, in the opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Nigora Tursunkulova". olympedia.org. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Nigora Tursunkulova". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Welterweight (≤67 kilograms), Women". olympedia.org. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  4. ^ "The flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Flagbearers for Uzbekistan". olympedia.org. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
Summer Olympics
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Uzbekistan
Tokyo 2020
With: Bakhodir Jalolov 		Succeeded by
Incumbent


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