Andrey Hakimovich Abduvaliyev (; born 30 June 1966) is a former Soviet, Tajikistani, and Uzbekistani hammer thrower.
He won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics while representing the Unified Team. After competing for USSR he chose to represent Tajikistan when USSR was dissolved. In 1997 he changed his nationality to Uzbekistan, thus becoming one of the very few athletes to compete for three states. His second Olympic participation was in 2000 while representing Uzbekistan.
His personal best was 83.46 m in 1990.
International competitions Representing the 1990Goodwill GamesSeattle, United States 2nd82.20 m1991World Championships Tokyo, Japan5th78.30 mRepresenting the 1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain 1st82.54 m Representing 1993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany 1st81.64 m1995World ChampionshipsGöteborg, Sweden 1st81.56 mCentral Asian GamesTashkent, Uzbekistan 1stRepresenting 1997World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece15th74.96 m 1998Asian ChampionshipsFukuoka, Japan 1stAsian GamesBangkok, Thailand 2nd1999World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain15th75.12 m 2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia15th75.64 m
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