Ruslan Shamilevich Nurudinov (; born 24 November 1991) is an Uzbekistani weightlifter of Tatar ethnic origin. He is the first world champion for Uzbekistan in weightlifting (2013). Nurudinov won a gold medal at the 2016 Olympics, setting a new Olympic record in the clean and jerk at 237 kg.
Career At the 2013 World Championships which held was in Poland, Nurudinov became the world champion for the first time, confidently winning the snatch (190 kg) and clean and jerk (235 kg). And in the double-event total he took a gold medal with a result of 425 kg.
In 2014, at the World Championships held in Almaty, Nurudinov, in an uncompromising fight for first place with Kazakh and Russian weightlifters, broke the world record in the clean and jerk - 239 kg, then Russian David Bedzhanyan regained the highest world achievement - 240 kg, and finally, Kazakh Ilya Ilyin set the final world record in clean and jerk at 242 kg. As a result, the Uzbek athlete was first in the snatch (193 kg), third in the clean and jerk (239 kg) and took the second place in the combined event (432 kg).
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Nurudinov, in the absence of the disqualified Ilyin, won the snatch (194 kg), set an Olympic record in the clean and jerk (237 kg) and by a large margin won a gold medal with a combined total of 431 kg.
At the beginning of November 2018, at the World Championships in Ashgabat, an Uzbek athlete in the new weight category of up to 109 kg failed his performance in the snatch, failed to take the initial weight of 188 kg. But in the clean and jerk he managed to win a small bronze medal with a weight on the barbell of 227 kg. To get a big bronze medal in total, he only had to pull out a barbell weighing 177 kg.
Major results YearVenueWeight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank123Rank123RankOlympic Games2012 London, United Kingdom 105 kg 18418819052202262263404DSQ2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 105 kg190194197 2 225230237 1 431World Championships2010 Antalya, Turkey 85 kg 165165169719719720110362102011 Paris, France 94 kg 177177180821522122539852013 Wrocław, Poland 105 kg 1901901952252302354252014 Almaty, Kazakhstan 105 kg 185190193220230239 WR4322018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 109 kg 187189189--222227238----2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 109 kg 1851851892272362424212022 Bogotá, Colombia 109 kg 177 177 180 217 220 220 397 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 109 kg 175 180 185 4 221 227 236 407 2024 Manama, Bahrain 109 kg 182 187 187 5 223 230 242 CWR 424 2025 Førde, Norway 110 kg 183 186 190 4 224 228 233 414 Asian Games2010 Guangzhou, China 94 kg 1701751754205209214437952018 Jakarta, Indonesia 105 kg 1831871911222230--14212023 Hangzhou, China 109 kg 1751751784216----3391Asian Championships2011 Tongling, China 94 kg 1601601606200200200536052012 Pyeongtaek, South Korea 105 kg 1801841872202282304042013 Astana, Kazakhstan 105 kg 185190196 220230--4202016 Tashkent, Uzbekistan +105 kg 183188191225230235442642020 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 109 kg 183188188228235241 WR4292023 Jinju, South Korea 109 kg 1701751772132212284052024 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 109 kg 165170175207207--382Summer Universiade2013 Kazan, Russia 105 kg 184188190215222--412
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