Nickname
Rasul (Facebook profile, 15 Mar 2023)
Hobbies
Spending time with family, going to the cinema. (Athlete, 16 Sep 2021)
Occupation
Athlete
Education
Coaching - Uzbek State University of Physical Education and Sport: Chirchiq, UZB
Family
Wife Barno Valieva
Spoken languages
Russian, Uzbek
Coach
Ravshanbek Mirzaev [national], UZB
Start sporting career
He took up the sport at age five in Fergana, Uzbekistan.
Reason for taking up the sport
"My uncle was an athlete, he offered me [the chance] to do gymnastics, and my parents agreed. I did not even understand at the time what kind of sport gymnastics was."
Ambitions
To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (Athlete, 15 Sep 2021)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Competing at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 15 Sep 2021)
Hero / Idol
Japanese artistic gymnast Kohei Uchimura, Uzbekistani boxer Bakhodir Jalolov. (Athlete, 16 Sep 2021)
Awards
He was named Best Male Artistic Gymnast at the 2022 Gymnast of the Year awards ceremony held by the Uzbekistan Gymnastics Federation. (gymnastics.competition.uz, 27 Dec 2022)
In recognition of his performance at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, he received the Kelajak Bunyodkori [Builder of the Future] medal from the president of Uzbekistan. (president.uz, 13 Aug 2021)
He has received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Uzbekistan. (Athlete, 16 Sep 2021; olympic.uz, 19 May 2021)
Last update : 2024-07-22