Murat Kalikulov

Murat Kalikulov

Personal information
Full name	Murat Kalikulov
Nationality	Uzbekistan
Born	(1978-08-19) 19 August 1978 Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport	Judo
Event(s)	66 kg
Medal record Men's judo Representing Uzbekistan Summer Universiade 2001 Beijing 66 kg Asian Championships 2004 Almaty 66 kg

Murat Kalikulov (Uzbek: Мурат Каликулов; born August 19, 1978 in Tashkent) is an Uzbek judoka, who competed in the men's half-lightweight category. He held the 2004 Uzbek senior title in his own division, picked up five medals in his career, including a silver from the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing, and represented his nation Uzbekistan in the 66-kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Kalikulov emerged himself into the international scene at the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing, where he earned a silver medal in the 66-kg division, losing the final match to Russia's Magomed Dzhafarov by ippon.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Kalikulov qualified for the Uzbek squad in the men's half-lightweight class (66 kg), by placing third and receiving a berth from the Asian Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He lost his opening match to Serbia and Montenegro's Miloš Mijalković, who scored more points on waza-ari and koka for a victory and threw him down the tatami with an obitori gaeshi (belt-grab throw) throughout the five-minute limit.

External links

• Murat Kalikulov at JudoInside.com