# Rishod Sobirov

Rishod Rashidovich Sobirov (Uzbek Cyrillic: Ришод Рашидович Собиров; born 11 September 1986) is an Uzbek judoka. He won the bronze medal in the Men's 60 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics and two World Judo Championships in 2010 and 2011.
Sobirov later won a bronze medal in the men's under 60 kg division at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and a bronze medal in the men's under 66 kg division at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

## Career

On November 12–14, 2005, he achieved 1st place in the Asian Youth Championship in Taipei, China.
He secured 2nd place in the Asian Championship held in Kuwait on May 12–18, 2007. He clinched 3rd place in the international tournament held on March 17–19, 2007, in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
He achieved 5th place at the Asian Championship held in Jeju, South Korea, on April 23–29, 2008, and 3rd place at the Olympic Games held in Beijing, China, on August 12–25, 2008. In the world championship held between teams on October 3–6, 2008, in Tokyo, Japan, he secured 2nd place and won the silver medal in the competition.
On March 20–23, 2009, he secured 1st place in the international tournament held in Hamburg, Germany, and 3rd place in the Asian Championship held in Taipei, China, on May 15–25, 2009.
He won 1st place in the international tournament held in Suwon, South Korea, on January 16–18, 2010, 2nd place in the international tournament held in Paris, France, on February 4–6, 2010, and 1st place in the international tournament held in Gammarth, Tunisia, on May 7–11, 2010. He also secured 2nd place in the international tournament held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 11–17, 2010, and 1st place in the last international tournament held in Moscow, Russia, on July 1–5, 2010.
On September 6–12, 2010, he won the gold medal at the World Championship held in Tokyo, Japan.
On November 13–16, 2010, he took 1st place at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, and won the gold medal in the competition.
On February 5–7, 2011, he secured the 1st place in the international tournament held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
He achieved 1st place in the international tournament held in Paris, France, on February 5–6, 2011, and in the international tournament held in Moscow, Russia, on May 20–25, 2011. He also secured 1st place at the world championship held in Paris, France, on August 23–27. He got 2nd place at the international tournament held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on January 9–12, 2012.
On February 1–12, 2012, he secured 1st place in the international tournament held in Paris, France.
In 2012, he achieved 3rd place at the Summer Olympic Games held in London, England.

## Record against selected opponents

Includes results from the Olympics, World Championships, Asian Championships, World Cup, and Grand Prix Series events from 2006 to the present.
* Elio Verde 7–0
* Hiroaki Hiraoka 4–3
* Sofiane Milous 4–0
* Beslan Mudranov 4–0
* Georgii Zantaraia 3–2
* Choi Min Ho 1–1
* Omar Rebahi 1–0
* Pavel Petřikov 1–0
* Masoud Haji Akhound Zade 1–0
* Will Frazer 2–0
* Dmitri Dragin 2–0
* Yano Daichi 1–0
* Tobias Englmaier 2–1
* Amiran Papinashvili 1–0
* Levan Chubinadze 1–0
* Eisa Hassan Majrashi 1–0
* Ludwig Paischer 1–0
* David Asumbani 0–1
* Masaaki Fukuoka 1–0
* Sergio Pessoa 1–0
* Jeroen Mooren 2–0
* Yanislav Gerchev 1–0
* Jang Jin Ming 1–0
* Mohsen Ali Khousrof 1–0