Obid Dzhebov (born 30 March 1998) is a judoka. He represented Russia until 2019 when he switched to Tajikistan. He won a bronze medal at the 2025 World Judo Championships.
Career Until 2019, Dzhebov competed in international tournaments under the Russia banner in the 60kg class where he won a gold medal in the 2019 Military World Games in the men's team event. After changing his nationality to Tajikistan, he won his first IJF World Judo Tour title in the 66kg class at the 2023 Judo Grand Prix Dushanbe. He was unable to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics after losing the selection to his rival Nurali Emomali. At the 2025 World Championships, Dzhebov defeated two-time Olympic champion Hifumi Abe by ippon with an uchimata sukashi in the quarterfinals, becoming the first foreign athlete in the same weight class to defeat Abe since Manuel Lombardo of Italy at the 2019 Judo Grand Slam Paris, five years prior. He was defeated by Emomali by waza-ari in the semifinals but still finished in third place.
At the 2026 Asian Championships, Dzhebov was defeated by Emomali in the final, coming in second place. After Irakli Uznadze was appointed head coach of the Tajikistan national team on 5 June, Dzhebov was suspended four months in July for refusing to attend national training camps, follow the team's preparation programme and responding to requests from the coaching staff under Uznadze.
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