Rasul Boqiev

Personal information

Born

29 September 1982

Height

1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)

Weight

73 kg (161 lb)

Sport

Country

Tajikistan

Sport

Judo

Event(s)

-73kg

Coached by

Vladimir Nikolaevich Elchaninov

Medal record

Representing Tajikistan
Men's judo
Olympic Games
	2008 Beijing	73 kg
World Championships
	2007 Rio de Janeiro	73 kg
Asian Games
	2010 Guangzhou	73 kg
Asian Judo Championships
	2007 Kuwait City	73 kg
	2005 Tashkent	73 kg
	2006 Doha	73 kg

Updated on 23 July 2012.

Rasul Boqiev (also spelled as Rasul Bokiev (Tajik: Расул Боқиев) (born 29 September 1982) is an Tajikistani judoka who competes in the -73 kg (lightweight) category. He has won bronze medal at the Judo World Championships and a bronze medal, Tajikistan's first ever Olympic medal, at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Career

He is considered one of the top athletes in Tajikistan and the world in the judo under 73 kg weight-class. Since his first international competition at the 2005 Asian Championships Tashkent, where he won the bronze medal, he has been successful in showing results of consistent improvement and athleticism. The following year he also won a bronze medal at the lightweight (73 kg) category of the 2006 Asian Games, winning the bronze medal match against Kim Chol Su of North Korea. In the same year he claimed the 2nd place at the 2006 Otto Super World Cup Hamburg. On 17 February 2007, he won the 2007 World Cup Budapest and on 17 May 2007 he won the bronze medal at the 2007 Asian Championships. His achievement at the 2007 World Judo Championships in Rio de Janeiro earned him his entry to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. On 9 February 2008, the history repeated itself: for the second time in his career, Rasul competed at the Paris Super World Cup and again finished 7th among 60 competitors.

Rasul also regularly participates in various tournaments in Tajikistan and the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. In April 2007 he won the 7th Russian Open Tournament in Chelyabinsk.

On 23 February 2008 Rasul contested at the 2008 Otto Super World Cup^[1] and resulted 3rd among 56 competitors. On 7–8 June 2008 Rasul won the 2008 Tre Torri International Judo Tournament in Porto Sant'Elpшdio of Italy.

In August, 2008 Rasul won bronze at the Olympic Games in Beijing. This was Tajikistan's first ever Olympic medal. In the quarter-finals, Rasul beat Si Rijigawa of China to progress to the semi-finals and secure a medal. He was defeated in the semis by the reigning World Champion, Wang Ki-Chun of South Korea.^[2]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he finished in 7th, losing to Riki Nakaya in the quarter finals, and to Ugo Legrand in the repechage.^[3]

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