Nurali Emomali

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Nurali Emomali
Personal information
Born (2002-04-08) 8 April 2002 (age 23)
Occupation Judoka
Sport
Country Tajikistan
Sport Judo
Weight class 66 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games 7th (2024)
World Champ. Silver medal world centered-2.svg (2025)
Asian Champ. Bronze medal asia.svg (2025)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Budapest 66 kg
Asian Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Bangkok 66 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Tashkent 66 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Tashkent 66 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Dushanbe 66 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Antalya 66 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Guayaquil 66 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF 67712
JudoInside.com 155447
Updated on 9 October 2025

Nurali Emomali (born 8 April 2002) is a Tajikistani judoka. He represented Tajikistan at the 2024 Olympic Games and won a silver medal at the 2025 World Championships. [1]

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Early life

From Hiloli, in the Khuroson district, he started training in sports when he was eight years-old, trained by his father who coached many youngsters aim his district, and started competing in Judo when he was 12 years-old. He attended Tajik State University of Commerce where he studied law. [2]

Career

Age-group champion of Tajikistan when he was 19 years-old, Emomali had a third place finish in Uzbekistan at the Asian Youth Judo Championship in 2022. He won the gold medal in the 66 kg category at the 2022 World Juniors Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador. [2] [3]

Emomali represented Tajikistan in the men's 66 kg division at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, defeating Baruch Shmailov in the roundof16 before suffering an injury against Hifumi Abe in the quarterfinals and ultimately having to withdraw from the competition. [4] [5] [6]

Emomali won the silver medal in the 66 kg category at the 2025 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in June 2025, having faced-off against Takeshi Takeoka of Japan in the final. [7]

References

  1. "Nurali Emomali". Judo Inside. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 ""Рақобати тиллоӣ". Эмомалӣ Нуралӣ чӣ гуна қаҳрамони ҷаҳон шуд?". Your.tj. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  3. "Варзишгари тоҷик қаҳрамони ҷаҳон оид ба ҷудо миёни ҷавонон гардид". Ozodi.org. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  4. "Israel's judokas snubbed by their rivals". Inside the Games. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  5. "Tajik Judoka chants 'God is Great' after scoring against Israeli opponent". Abna24.com. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  6. "Tajikistani judoka refuses to shake hands with Israeli opponent at Paris Olympics, later withdraws over injury". Fox News. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  7. "Abe claims fifth world title, Takeoka stuns at -66 kg, Gyertyas lights up Budapest crowd". Euronews. 15 June 2025. Retrieved 8 October 2025.