Akbar Djuraev

Akbar Djuraev
Djuraev at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
NationalityUzbekistani
Born (1999-10-08) 8 October 1999
Tashkent
Weight108.55 kg (239.3 lb)
Sport
CountryUzbekistan
SportWeightlifting
Weight class109 kg
TeamNational team
Coached byMansurbek Chashemov
Bakhrom Abdumalikov
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 195 kg (2021)
  • Clean and jerk: 242 kg (2023)
  • Total: 437 kg (2023)
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Uzbekistan
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo109 kg
2024 Paris102 kg
World Championships
2021 Tashkent109 kg
2023 Riyadh109 kg
Asian Games
2022 Hangzhou109 kg
Asian Championships
2024 Tashkent102 kg
2025 Jiangshan109 kg
2019 Ningbo109 kg
2020 Tashkent109 kg
2023 Jinju+109 kg
Junior World Championships
2019 Suva109 kg

Akbar Djuraev (born 8 October 1999) is an Uzbekistani weightlifter, Olympic Champion and Junior World Champion. He won the gold medal in the men's 109 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He also won the gold medal in the men's 109 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

He competed in the 105 kg category until 2018, and the 102 kg and 109 kg categories starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.

He holds the junior world record in the snatch and total in the 102 kg division, as well as the snatch, clean & jerk and total in the 109 kg division.