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Diyora Keldiyorova

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Diyora Keldiyorova, born on 13 July 1998 in Juma in the Samarkand Region, is an Uzbek judoka and Olympic champion. She won the gold medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, beating Distria Krasniqi of Kosovo in the final, and became the first Uzbek woman to win a Summer Olympic gold medal and the first Uzbek athlete to win an Olympic judo gold. She was a silver medalist in the same weight class at the World Judo Championships in 2023 and 2024, won the 2019 Asian-Pacific Judo Championships and was the first Uzbek woman to win a Grand Slam tournament in judo, at Antalya in 2021.

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1998 1
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    born 13 July 1998 in Juma, Samarkand Region
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    She won the gold medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.
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    is an Olympic champion Uzbek judoka
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