Tajikistan's Rio Olympics champion Dilshod Nazarov has reportedly been elected to head the Central Asian Athletics Federation.
Dilshod Nazarov was elected chairman of the Athletics Federation of Central Asia at the 23rd Asian Athletics Congress that was held in Doha, Qatar on April 20, according to the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Tajikistan.
By the Congress’s decision Dilshod Nazarov was given the tile of “The Best Hammer Thrower of Asia,” Tajikistan’s NOC added.
Dilshod Nazarov (born May 6, 1982) is a Tajikistani track and field athlete who specializes in the hammer throw. He has represented Tajikistan at the Olympic Games on four occasions (in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016), winning the gold medal in Rio de Janeiro, the first gold medal for Tajikistan in the history of the Olympic Games.
He has competed seven times at the World Championships in Athletics (2005 to 2017), but has been most successful at regional competitions: he won medals at four consecutive Asian Athletics Championships and was the hammer champion at the Asian Games in 2006, 2010 and 2014. He won his first global medal (silver) in 2010 at the IAAF Continental Cup.
His personal best for the event is 80.71 meters, set in 2013.
