The Most Famous

ATHLETES from Tajikistan

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This page contains a list of the greatest Tadzhik Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 3 of which were born in Tajikistan. This makes Tajikistan the birth place of the 92nd most number of Athletes behind Iceland, and Barbados.

Top 10

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Tadzhik Athletes of all time. This list of famous Tadzhik Athletes is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Tadzhik Athletes.

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1. Svetlana Kitova (1960 - 2015)

With an HPI of 39.98, Svetlana Kitova is the most famous Tadzhik Athlete.  Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.

Svetlana Alexandrovna Kitova (Russian: Светлана Александровна Китова; 25 June 1960 – 18 November 2015) was a middle-distance runner who represented the USSR and later Russia. Born in Dushanbe, Kitova's greatest achievements were the 1989 World Indoor silver medal as well as two European Indoor gold medals. Her personal best 1500 metres time was 4:01.02 in Kiev on 2 August 1988.

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2. Dilshod Nazarov (b. 1982)

With an HPI of 37.21, Dilshod Nazarov is the 2nd most famous Tadzhik Athlete.  His biography has been translated into 27 different languages.

Dilshod Jamoliddinovich Nazarov (Tajik: Dilşod Çamoliddinovic Nazarov, Persian: دلشاد نظروف‌; Russian: Дильшод Джамолиддинович Назаров, 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.

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3. Rustamhodza Rahimov (b. 1975)

With an HPI of 30.88, Rustamhodza Rahimov is the 3rd most famous Tadzhik Athlete.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Rustamhodza "Rustam" Rahimov (born February 16, 1975, in Dushanbe) is a German former boxer of Tajikistanii origin. He won a bronze medal in the flyweight semi-finals at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he was defeated by Cuba's Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano.

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4. Raimkul Malakhbekov (b. 1974)

With an HPI of 28.48, Raimkul Malakhbekov is the 4th most famous Tadzhik Athlete.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Raimkul Khudoynazarovich Malakhbekov (Russian: Раимкуль Худойназарович Малахбеков; born 16 August 1974 in Dushanbe, Tajik SSR) is one of highest titled boxers of Russia, who won two Olympic medals in the Men's Bantamweight (54 kg) category.

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5. Akmal Murodov (b. 1996)

With an HPI of 0.00, Akmal Murodov is the 5th most famous Tadzhik Athlete.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Akmal Murodov (born 14 January 1996) is a Tajikistani judoka. He represented Tajikistan in the men's 81 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

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6. Mergen Mämmedow (b. 1990)

With an HPI of 0.00, Mergen Mämmedow is the 6th most famous Tadzhik Athlete.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Mergen Mamedov (born 24 December 1990) is a Turkmenistan athlete. He competed in hammer throw at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Master of Sport of International Class in Turkmenistan.

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7. Komronshokh Ustopiriyon (b. 1993)

With an HPI of 0.00, Komronshokh Ustopiriyon is the 7th most famous Tadzhik Athlete.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Komronshokh Ustopiriyon (born 7 January 1993) is a Tajikistani judoka. Ustopiriyon competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 90 kg.

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8. Hannah Martin (b. )

With an HPI of 0.00, Hannah Martin is the 8th most famous Tadzhik Athlete.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Hannah Martin is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Rebecca Ritters. She made her first on-screen appearance on 20 July 1992. Hannah is the only child of Philip and Julie Martin and the younger sister to Michael and Debbie. The Martin family were written out in 1999 and Hannah departed on 20 October 1999. In 2005, Ritters reprised her role for a brief cameo in the show's 20th anniversary episode.

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9. Siyovush Zukhurov (b. 1993)

With an HPI of 0.00, Siyovush Zukhurov is the 9th most famous Tadzhik Athlete.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Siyovush Zukhurov (born 5 June 1993) is a Tajikistani boxer. He competed in the men's super heavyweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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10. Suhrob Khodjaev (b. 1993)

With an HPI of 0.00, Suhrob Khodjaev is the 10th most famous Tadzhik Athlete.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Suhrob Rustamovich Khodjaev (Tajik: Сӯҳроб Хоҷаев; born 21 May 1993) is an Uzbek hammer thrower. He was born in and originally competed for Tajikistan. Khodjaev competed for Uzbekistan at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in hammer throw at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics.

People

Pantheon has 13 people classified as Tadzhik athletes born between 1960 and 2000. Of these 13, 12 (92.31%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Tadzhik athletes include Dilshod Nazarov, Rustamhodza Rahimov, and Raimkul Malakhbekov. The most famous deceased Tadzhik athletes include Svetlana Kitova. As of April 2024, 10 new Tadzhik athletes have been added to Pantheon including Svetlana Kitova, Akmal Murodov, and Mergen Mämmedow.

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