Dastonbek Otabolaev

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rdf:langString Dastonbek Otabolaev (born 5 November 1993) is an Uzbekistani karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's 75 kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is the first ever Uzbek and Central Asian Karate World Champion. He is Master of sport international level and Black belt 4-dan. He is Captain national karate team of Uzbekistan.[5] and He won the bronze medal first time history of Uzbekistan Karate at the 2022 World Games At the 2016 World University Karate Championships held in Braga, Portugal, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 75 kg event. He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 75 kg event at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. In 2018, he competed in the men's kumite 75 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia where he was eliminated in his first match by eventual bronze medalist Bashar Al-Najjar of Jordan. At the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's team kumite event. In June 2021, he competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. In Paris, Otabolaev failed to qualify for the Olympics. He has also won medals at several competitions of the Karate1 Premier League.