Asadbek Toshtemirov Explained

Asadbek Toshtemirov (born 16 February 2002)^[1] is an Uzbekistani para-taekwondo practitioner who competes in the F44 classification in the -80 kg category. He is a gold medalist at the 2023 World Para Taekwondo Championships, silver medalist at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships and bronze medalist at the 2022 Asian Para Games. Since 2018, he has been a member of the Uzbekistan national team in para taekwondo.

Career

Toshtemirov competed in the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships, where he lost to Joseph Lane and won the silver medal.^{[2] [3]} At the 2022 Asian Para Games in October 2023, he won a bronze medal.^[4] At the World Championships in September 2023, he won his first gold medal in his weight category.^[5] At the 2023 World Taekwondo Grand Prix, he won a bronze medal in his weight class.^[6]

Toshtemirov won a bronze medal in the -80 kg weight category at the Asian Open Para Taekwondo Championship held in Da Nang, Vietnam on 16–21 May 2024. According to the final ranking results of the World Taekwondo Federation, he won a license for the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games in the -80 kg weight category.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Asadbek Toshtemirov . . 31 August 2024 .
2. Web site: Medalist By Weight Category: 2022 European Senior Championships. 2022 European Taekwondo Championships. 25 August 2024. http://web.archive.org/web/20220816105114/https://europeantaekwondounion.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/P14-Medallists-By-Para-Weight-Category-Day-1.pdf. 16 August 2022.
3. Web site: European Taekwondo Championships: Bradly Sinden and Joseph Lane win gold medals. BBC. 21 May 2022.
4. Web site: Medalists by weight categories. http://web.archive.org/web/20231029063943/https://resultsapg.hangzhou2022.com.cn/APG2022/data/TKW/TKW-------------------------------_DT_PDF_C93.pdf?random=0.23134592310428725. 29 October 2023. dead.
5. Web site: GBR’s Bush returns to top form with second Worlds title; Truesdale emerges winner again. World Taekwondo. 24 September 2023.
6. Web site: Iranians win four golds at 2023 World Taekwondo Grand Prix. 2 December 2023.
7. Web site: National Paralympic commitee of Uzbekistan: 34 Uzbekistan’s athletes qualified for the XVII Summer Paralympic Games. Sports.uz. 19 February 2024.