She became the first female athlete in Uzbekistan’s history to win gold at the Summer Olympics. The medal account was opened in Paris by the delegation of Uzbekistan.
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The delegation of Uzbekistan won the first medal at the Olympic Games in Paris 2024.
The representative of the -52 weight category, Diyora Keldiyorova, faced Distriya Krasnichi from Kosovo in the final of the judo competition.
The Uzbek judoka won victory over the two-time European champion with a 1-point takedown in the second minute of the match and added Uzbekistan’s first medal – gold.
It should be noted that this is the most important victory in Diyora Keldiyor’s career and in the history of Uzbekistan. Until then, female athletes from Uzbekistan had not reached the finals of the Olympics. Among female athletes, Ekaterina Hilko was the only athlete to win a bronze medal in springboard diving at Beijing 2008.
Diyora Keldiyorova made history as the first female athlete to win a gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Uzbekistan.
In addition, he became the first athlete in the history of Uzbek judo to win an Olympic gold medal.
The 26-year-old Uzbek judoka caused a stir in today’s competition when he eliminated reigning Olympic champion Ute Abe from the tournament in the semi-finals. He then defeated Germany’s Masha Ballhaus in the quarterfinals and defeated Amandine Bouchard, the hosts’ representative, gold (team) and silver medalist from the Tokyo Olympics, in the final match.
Diyora Keldiyorova, a pupil of the Samarkand judo school, won two silver and one bronze medal at the world championships, twice became the champion of Asia and once the winner of the Asian Games.
