Anvar Anvarov

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Anvar Anvarov
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Anvarov in 2024
Personal information
NationalityUzbekistan
Born (2000-10-22) 22 October 2000 (age 24)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Long Jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bestsLong jump: 8.22m (Geneva, 2023) NR
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Konya Long jump

Anvar Anvarov (born 22 October 2000) is a long jumper from Uzbekistan. He is Uzbek national record holder, and has won national titles both indoors and outdoors. [1]

Career

In August 2022, he won gold at the delayed 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya. [2] In September 2022, he won silver at the Central Asian Athletics Championship in Samarkand. [3]

In June 2023, Anvarov set a new Uzbek national record in the long jump, leaping a distance of 8.22 metres in Geneva. This surpassed the previous national record set in 1985. [4] [5] In July 2023 he finished fourth in the long jump at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok with a leap of 8.07 metres. [6] He competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023. [7] In October 2023, he finished fourth at the delayed 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou with a leap of 8.01 metres. [8]

In June 2024, he tied with Czech Petr Meindlschmid with a leap of 7.92 meters to lead the long jump at the Josef Odložil Memorial event in Prague. [9] He competed in the long jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [10]

He jumped 7.97 metres to finish sixth at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event in China on 3 May 2025. [11] He recorded a surprise Diamond League win with 7.84 metres at the 2025 Athletissima in wet conditions in Lausanne. [12]

References

  1. "Anvar Anvarov". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  2. Berkeley, Geoff (12 August 2022). "Beteyob seals more weightlifting golds for Indonesia at Islamic Solidarity Games". Inside the Games. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. "Bagrat Gasanbekov won a bronze medal in the long jump at the Central Asian Athletics Open Championship". Turkmenportal.com. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  4. "Uzbek athletes secure 37 medals at Central Asian Athletic Open Championships". Daryo. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  5. "Atletica Geneve - EAP". World Athletics. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  6. "Asian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  7. "Men's Long Jump Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  8. "Engil atletika. Anvar Anvarov uzunlikka sakrash bahslarini to'rtinchi o'rinda yakunladi". Olamsport. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  9. "Athletics. Anvar Anvarov won the prize at the international tournament in Prague". Sports.uz. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  10. "Men's Long jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  11. "Results - Shanghai/Suzhou Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  12. "Hodgkinson and Hoey highlight soaking and surprising night in Lausanne". World Athletics. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.