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Dilshod Jamoliddinovich Nazarov (, ; , Dilshod Dzhamoliddinovich Nazarov) (born 6 May 1982) is a Tajik track and field athlete who specializes in the hammer throw. He has represented his country at the Olympic Games on four occasions (in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016), winning the gold medal in Rio de Janeiro, the first gold medal for Tajikistan in the history of the Olympic Games.
He has competed seven times at the World Championships in Athletics (2005 to 2017), but has been most successful at regional competitions: he won medals at four consecutive Asian Athletics Championships and was the hammer champion at the Asian Games in 2006, 2010 and 2014. He won his first global medal (a silver) in 2010 at the IAAF Continental Cup.
His personal best for the event is 80.71 metres, set in 2013.
Nazarov then finished fourth at the 2002 Asian Championships in Colombo, and won a bronze medal the next year in Manila in a contest won by Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi of Kuwait. He took part in the inaugural Afro-Asian Games and managed to win the silver medal behind South African thrower Chris Harmse.Weerawansa, Dinesh (2003-10-30). Ethiopian distance runners and Nigerian sprinters dominate – Afro-Asian Games – Last day.. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-08. Another medal came at the 2003 Central Asian Games in Dushanbe, where he took the hammer gold for the hosts. Central Asian Games. GBRAthletics. Retrieved on 2010-09-08.
At the 2006 Asian Games Nazarov finally won a gold medal, overcoming Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi who had held the lead until the fifth and penultimate round. Al-Zinkawi was the pre-event favourite, having a season (and career) best of 76.97 metres while Nazarov only had a season best of 70.03 metres from Istanbul in June. The absence of 2004 Olympic champion Koji Murofushi was noted; nonetheless, Nazarov's gold medal was celebrated as the first gold medal of Tajikistan at the Asian Games in any sport. In addition it was their first Asian Games medal of any kind in athletics. Another famous hammer thrower, Andrey Abduvaliyev, did compete for Tajikistan from 1991 to 1997, winning gold medals at the World Championships in 1993 and 1995. When he won his first and only Asian Games medal, a silver at the 1998 edition, he did so as an citizen. Commenting on the victory, Nazarov stated that "This is a big victory for my country".
The next year Nazarov participated in his second World Championships, but did not make it to the final round. At the 2007 Asian Championships, he won the silver medal, again behind Al-Zinkawi, this time by only one centimetre. He also improved his personal best throw to 78.89 metres, in June in Dushanbe. In 2008 he improved further, to 79.05 at a June meet in Almaty. At the 2008 Olympic Games he finished eleventh in the final.
He set a new national hammer throw record of 79.28 m in Uberlândia, Brazil. The record, set in May 2009, was enough to bring him victory over Olympic champion Primož Kozmus. He finished eleventh again at the global level at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin. He improved to fifth place at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final however. He won his first continental title at the end of the year, finally beating Al-Zinkawi at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships after a series of second-place finishes. Two golds for host Chinese as Asian Champs kick off in Guangzhou. IAAF (2009-11-11). Retrieved on 2010-09-08.
The following year, he improved his hammer best to 80.11 m at the Tajikistan national championships in June.Eder, Larry (2010-07-15). Andrey Mikhnevich in Top Shape: 22.09m ! by Alfons Juck, Note by Larry Eder. RunBlogRun. Retrieved on 2010-09-08. Representing Asia-Pacific, he came second at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup, finishing just behind newly crowned European Champion Libor Charfreitag.Ramsak, Bob (2010-09-05). EVENT Report - Men's Hammer Throw. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-08. He was also runner-up in the inaugural IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge series having a combined score of 236.02 to finish behind Koji Murofushi. Murofushi and Heidler take overall titles and prize of $30,000 each – IAAF World Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF (2010-09-08). Retrieved on 2010-09-08. He repeated that placing for the second IAAF Hammer Challenge in 2011, this time finishing behind Hungary's Krisztián Pars.Ramsak, Bob (2011-12-31). 2011 Hammer Throw Challenge REVIEW - Heidler and Pars claim top honours. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-06-01. Nazarov placed tenth in the final at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and ended the year with his first throw over eighty metres, recording 80.30 m to win at the Hanzekovic Memorial.Ramsak, Bob (2011-09-13). Bolt 9.85, Robles edges Richardson before a packed house in Zagreb - IAAF World Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-06-01.
Nazarov performed less well in the 2012 season and his best throw that year was 77.70 m. He still managed to place tenth at the 2012 London Olympics, but he was down in fifth on the IAAF Challenge circuit.Ramsak, Bob (2012-12-31). 2012 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Review – Pars and Heidler retain titles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-06-01. He rebounded at the start of 2013 by setting a personal best of 80.71 m to win at the Hallesche Werfertage meet.Minshull, Phil (2013-05-26). Nazarov throws Hammer world lead, German throwers also on song in Halle. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-06-01.
On 18 March 2021, Nazarov was banned for two years by the AIU after testing positive for the banned steroid turinabol during re-analysis of samples taken from the 2011 World Championships. All of Nazarov's results from 29 August 2011 to 29 August 2013 were disqualified.
International competitions
1998 World Junior Championships Annecy, France 15th (q) 60.02 m Asian Games Bangkok, Thailand 7th 63.91 m 1999 Asian Junior Championships Singapore 1st 63.56 m 2000 Asian Championships Jakarta, Indonesia 7th 61.62 m World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 5th 63.43 m 2001 Asian Junior Championships Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 1st 68.08 m Universiade Beijing, China 12th 66.10 m 2002 Asian Championships Colombo, Sri Lanka 4th 67.70 m Asian Games Busan, South Korea 9th 58.39 m 2003 Asian Championships Manila, Philippines 3rd 69.90 m Afro-Asian Games Hyderabad, India 2nd 69.72 m 2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece — NM 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games Mecca, Saudi Arabia 1st 76.98 m World Championships Helsinki, Finland 15th (q) 73.38 m Asian Championships Incheon, South Korea 2nd 71.38 m 2006 Asian Games Doha, Qatar 1st 74.43 m 2007 Asian Championships Amman, Jordan 2nd 75.70 m World Championships Osaka, Japan 21st (q) 71.70 m 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 11th 76.54 m 2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 11th 71.69 m World Athletics Final Thessaloniki, Greece 5th 77.14 m Asian Championships Guangzhou, China 1st 76.92 m 2010 Continental Cup Split, Croatia 2nd 78.76 mRepresenting Asia-Pacific Asian Games Guangzhou, China 1st 76.44 m 2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea DQ (10th) 76.58 m 2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom DQ (10th) 73.80 m 2013 Asian Championships Pune, India DQ (1st) 78.32 m World Championships Moscow, Russia DQ (5th) 78.31 m 2014 Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 1st 76.82 m 2015 Asian Championships Wuhan, China 1st 77.68 m World Championships Beijing, China 2nd 78.55 m 2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st 78.68 m 2017 Asian Championships Bhubaneswar, India 1st 76.69 m World Championships London, United Kingdom 7th 77.22 m 2018 Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 2nd 74.16 m 2019 Asian Championships Doha, Qatar 1st 76.14 m
Personal life
He currently resides in Dushanbe. He is also the president of the Athletics Federation of the Republic of Tajikistan. His father Jamoliddin Nazarov was a soldier in the Tajik National Army who died in Tavildar during the Tajikistani Civil War. Dilshod's mother is a physical education teacher and coach.
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