Sevinch Rakhimova

Sevinch Rakhimova (born 1999, Uzbekistan) is an Uzbek karate athlete who competes in the under 55 kg weight category and is a member of the Uzbekistan national team. In 2019, she won a silver medal at the Asian Karate Championship and a bronze medal at the Islamic Solidarity Games. She is also a champion of the Asian Games.

Sevinch Rakhimova

Sport
Country	Uzbekistan
Sport	Karate
Weight class	55 kg
Event(s)	Kumite
Medal record Women's karate Representing  Uzbekistan Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Kumite 55 kg Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Kumite 55 kg Asian Championships 2019 Tashkent Kumite 55 kg

Biography

In her childhood, Sevinch started practicing artistic gymnastics and boxing, but from 2013, she switched to karate under the guidance of coach Sulaymon Yusupov.^[1]

In 2019, she won a silver medal at the Asian Karate Championship for women in the under 55 kg weight category in Tashkent.^[2][3]

In 2021, Sevinch Rahimova participated in an Olympic qualification tournament in Paris, France, to secure a spot in the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[4] However, she was defeated in the 1/64 finals by Russian athlete Naila Gataullina.^[4] In the same year, she also participated in the Karate World Championship in Dubai, UAE, but suffered a defeat in the match for the bronze medal in the under 55 kg weight category against Russian athlete Anna Chernysheva.^[5][6] She also lost in the match for the bronze medal at the Asian Karate Championship.^[7]

In 2022, at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey, Sevinch Rahimova won a bronze medal among women in the under 55 kg weight category, defeating an Indonesian athlete in the match.^[8][9]

In August 2023, at the II Games of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Minsk, Belarus, she secured a gold medal in the under 55 kg weight category.^[10] In October of the same year, at the Summer Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, in kumite competitions in the under 55 kg weight category, she defeated a competitor from Chinese Taipei, Sui-Ping Ku, in the final, thus winning the gold medal of the Asian Games.^{[11][12][13][14][15]}

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event
2019	Asian Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	2nd	Kumite 55 kg
2022	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	3rd	Kumite 55 kg
2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	1st	Kumite 55 kg

References

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12. "Севинч Рахимова завоевала золотую медаль Азиатских игр по карате WKF". Kun.uz. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
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14. "Sevinch Rahimova O'zbekiston delegatsiyasiga navbatdagi oltin medalni keltirdi". qalampir.uz. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
15. "Xanchjou—2022. Sevinch Rahimovada oltin, Javrail Shapiyevda bronza, shaxmatchilar jamoaviy dasturda bronzaga ega chiqdi". daryo.uz. Retrieved 2023-10-09.

External links

•   Media related to Sevinch Rakhimova at Wikimedia Commons