Abdullo Tangriev (born 28 March 1981) is an Uzbek judoka. He won a silver medal in the +100 kg category at the 2008 Olympic Games.^[1]

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Abdullo Tangriev

Personal information
Full name	Abdullo Tangriev
Nationality	Uzbek
Born	(1981-03-28) 28 March 1981 (age 43) Surxondaryo Region, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation	Judoka
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight	132 kg (291 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	Uzbekistan
Sport	Judo
Weight class	+100 kg
Turned pro	2000-
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(2008)
World Champ.	(2011)
Asian Champ.	(2003, 2005, 2007, ( 2008, 2011, 2015)
Medal record Men's judo Representing  Uzbekistan Olympic Games 2008 Beijing +100 kg World Championships 2011 Tyumen Open 2003 Osaka Open 2007 Rio de Janeiro Open 2009 Rotterdam +100 kg Asian Games 2002 Busan Open 2010 Guangzhou +100 kg 2006 Doha +100 kg 2014 Incheon +100 kg 2014 Incheon Men's team Asian Championships 2003 Jeju +100 kg 2005 Tashkent Open 2007 Kuwait City +100 kg 2008 Jeju +100 kg 2011 Abu Dhabi +100 kg 2015 Kuwait City +100 kg 2016 Tashkent +100 kg 2004 Almaty +100 kg IJF Grand Slam 2012 Moscow +100 kg 2009 Paris +100 kg 2009 Tokyo +100 kg 2011 Moscow +100 kg 2011 Tokyo +100 kg 2012 Paris +100 kg IJF Grand Prix 2009 Hamburg +100 kg 2009 Abu Dhabi +100 kg 2010 Abu Dhabi +100 kg Asian Junior Championships 2000 Hong Kong +100 kg Summer Universiade 2003 Jeju +100 kg 2003 Jeju Open 2001 Beijing Open 2001 Beijing +100 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	712
JudoInside.com	11898
Updated on 30 May 2023

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Abdullo Tangriev was born on 28 March 1981, in Surxondaryo Region. He was engaged with judo from the age 10. From 1995 he started training in Chirchiq Olympics school. He was able to show his talent from early ages, and in the age of 19 he was called to the Uzbekistan National Olympics team, and attended in 2000 Summer Olympics^[2]

After the Olympics, he won the Uzbekistan championship from judo, in 2001. In 2003 for the first time in his career he became the champion of Asia, in super weight category which was held in Jeju Province. In coming for years (2005, 2007, 2008, 2011) he also became the champion of Asia in judo.

In the same year of 2003 Tangriev won the third place in 23rd World Judo Championship which took place in Osaka. In the years of 2005 (Rio de Janeiro) and 2009 (Rotterdam) he twice was honored as the bronze medal owner in Judo World Championship.

In 2008 Summer Olympics Tangriev was able to reach the final stage of tournament in category of 100kg's, where he lost the fight, and got the second place.^[2][3][4]

In 2012 Summer Olympics Tangriev was disqualified from professional sport, due to cannabis being detected in his drug test.^[5]