Nigora Tursunkulova

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NationalityUzbekistani
Born (1999-04-04) 4 April 1999 (age 26)
Jizzakh, Uzbekistan
Nigora Tursunkulova
Nigora Tursunkulova in June 2021
Personal information
NationalityUzbekistani
Born (1999-04-04) 4 April 1999 (age 26)
Jizzakh, Uzbekistan
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Uzbekistan
Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place2019 Chiba67 kg
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 Jakarta67 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Ho Chi Minh City67 kg
Bronze medal – third place2016 Manila67 kg

Nigora Tursunkulova (born 4 April 1999) is an Uzbekistani taekwondo athlete.

She represented Uzbekistan at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she finished tied for ninth in the women's 67 kg, and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where she finished eleventh in the same event.[1][2] At age 17, she was the youngest competitor at the 2016 taekwondo Olympic tournament.[3]

Tursunkulova was one of the two flag bearers for Uzbekistan, along with boxer Bakhodir Jalolov, in the opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4][5]

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