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{{Short description|Soviet hammer thrower (born 1966)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| nationality = Uzbek
| name = Andrey Abduvaliyev
| fullname = Andrey Hakimovich Abduvaliyev
| native_name = Андрей Хакимович Абдувалиев
| native_name_lang = ru
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|30 June 1966}}
| birth_place=[[St. Petersburg|Leningrad]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| country = {{URS}}<br />{{TJK}}<br />{{UZB}}
| height={{convert|1.90|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight={{convert|125|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| club = [[Dynamo Dushanbe]]
| sport = [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]
| event = Hammer throw
| pb = 83.46 m (1990)
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{EUN}} }}
{{Medal|Olympics}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] |[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw|Hammer throw]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{TJK}} }}
{{Medal|Comp|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 Stuttgart]] |[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|Hammer throw]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|1995 Gothenburg]] |[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|Hammer throw]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{UZB}} }}
{{Medal|Comp|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1998 Asian Athletics Championships|1998 Fukuoka]]|Hammer throw}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1998 Asian Games|1998 Bangkok]]|Hammer throw}}
}}

'''Andrey Hakimovich Abduvaliyev''' ({{langx|ru|Андрей Хакимович Абдувалиев}}; born 30 June 1966) is a former [[Soviet Union|Soviet]], [[Tajikistan]]i, and [[Uzbekistan]]i [[hammer throw]]er.

He won a gold medal at the [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Summer Olympics]] while representing the [[Unified Team at the Olympics|Unified Team]]. After competing for [[USSR]] he chose to represent [[Tajikistan]] when [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|USSR was dissolved]]. In 1997 he changed his nationality to [[Uzbekistan]], thus becoming one of the very few [[Athletics (sport)|athletes]] to compete for three states. His second Olympic participation was in [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000]] while representing Uzbekistan.

His personal best was 83.46 m in 1990.

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing the {{URS}}
|-
|1990
|[[1990 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]]
|[[Seattle]], [[United States]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[[Athletics at the 1990 Goodwill Games|82.20 m]]
|-
|1991
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Hammer|World Championships]] 
|[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|5th
|78.30 m
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing the {{EUN}}
|-
|1992
|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's hammer throw|Olympic Games]]
|[[Barcelona, Spain]]
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|82.54 m 
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{TJK}}
|-
|1993
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|World Championships]]
|[[Stuttgart, Germany]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|81.64 m
|-
|rowspan=2|1995
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|World Championships]]
|[[Göteborg, Sweden]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|81.56 m
|-
|[[Central Asian Games]]
|[[Tashkent]], [[Uzbekistan]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{UZB}}
|-
|1997
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|World Championships]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|15th
|74.96 m 
|-
|rowspan=2|1998
|[[1998 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]
|[[Fukuoka, Fukuoka|Fukuoka]], [[Japan]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|
|-
|[[1998 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|[[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|
|-
|1999
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|World Championships]]
|[[Seville, Spain]]
|15th
|75.12 m 
|-
|2000
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's hammer throw|Olympic Games]]
|[[Sydney, Australia]]
|15th
|75.64 m 
|}

==References==
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ab/andrey-abduvaliyev-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173027/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ab/andrey-abduvaliyev-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Andrey Abduvaliyev}}

==External links==
*{{sports links}}

{{Footer Olympic Champions Hammer Throw Men}}
{{Footer World Champions Hammer Throw Men}}
{{Footer Asian Champions men's hammer throw}}
{{Footer IAAF World Cup Champions Hammer Throw Men}}
{{Footer WBYP Hammer Men}}
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[[Category:1966 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Athletes from Saint Petersburg]]
[[Category:Soviet male hammer throwers]]
[[Category:Tajikistani male hammer throwers]]
[[Category:Uzbekistani male hammer throwers]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for the Unified Team]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Uzbekistan]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Uzbekistan]]
[[Category:Asian Games athletes for Uzbekistan]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Goodwill Games medalists in athletics]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Tajikistan]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Soviet Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games]]
[[Category:Asian Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)]]

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