Samirkhon Ababakirov
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Samirkhon Ababakirov (born 26 September 2003) is a Kazakh taekwondo practitioner. He competed at the 2024 Olympic Games and was a gold medalist at the 2025 World University Games.[2]
Career
He competed at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships in Mexico in the Men's flyweight, losing to Vito Dell'Aquila in the quarter-finals.[3] He participated at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in Baku in the flyweight category.
He reached the semi-finals at the 2024 Asian Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in March 2024.[4] He competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 58kg division losing to Vito Dell'Aquila.[5][6][1]
In April 2025, Ababakirov won a silver medal at the WT President's Cup Asian Region international tournament in Tai'an, China after facing Jang Jun of South Korea in the final.[7] He won the gold medal in the -63kg category at the 2025 World University Games in Germany, defeating Türkiye's Ömer Faruk Dayıoğlu in the final and two-time Olympic medallist Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi of Tunisia in the semi-final.[8] He also won a bronze medal in the mixed team event at the Games.[9]
The top seed at the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships in the men's bantamweight division, he was defeated by eventual gold medalist, Jendoubi of Tunisia.[10]
References
- ^ a b "ABABAKIROV Samirkhon". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Samirkhon Ababakirov". Eurosport. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "OLYMPICSTaekwondo, Olympic scoreboards defined by Vito Dell'Aquila and Simone Alessio". oasport.it. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ^ "Samirkhon Ababakirov secures another 2024 Paris Games quota for Kazakhstan". imform.kz. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "2024 Olympic Games: 23 sets of medals to be awarded August 7". inform.kz. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "2024 Olympics: Kazakh Samirkhon Ababakirov loses his first clash in Taekwondo Men's -58kg". imform.kz. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Kazakhstani Samirkhon Ababakirov hauls silver at taekwondo event in China". qazinform.com. 24 April 2025. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (23 July 2025). "Rhine-Ruhr: Rising stars win taekwondo gold". Inside the Games. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (24 July 2025). "Rhine-Ruhr: Taekwondo team titles decided". Inside the Games. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
- ^ "Chinese Taipei and Tunisia take gold medals on day two of Wuxi 2025 World Taekwondo Championships". worldtaekwondo.org. 25 October 2025. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
External links
- Samirkhon Ababakirov at TaekwondoData.com
- Samirkhon Ababakirov at Olympics.com
- Samirkhon Ababakirov at Olympedia
- Samirkhon Ababakirov at InterSportStats
- Samirkhon Ababakirov at Olympic.kz
- Samirkhon Ababakirov on Instagram