Salim Abduvaliev

Salim Kirgizbaevich Abduvaliev (Uzbek: Салим Қирғизбоевич Абдувалиев, born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR in 1950) is an influential businessman in Uzbekistan and the current Vice President of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan.[1]

Biography

Abduvaliev was born in May 1950 Tashkent city. His father was the collective farm chairman. After retiring from the sport of freestyle wrestling, he worked in a factory, then he became a trucker.

In the 1990s and 2000s he was a partner of Michael Cherney on aluminum business, and he sponsored the participation of Anatoly Bykov in the elections in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

In 2006 he defended his thesis of Candidate of Economic Sciences on the theme "Management of social and economic development of municipal unions: generalization of the experience of Russia and the Republic of Uzbekistan."

He is one of the influential informal ("authoritative") people of Uzbekistan, along with brothers Aziz and Gafur Rakhimov - one of the richest people in Uzbekistan. For more than ten years of funding the development of children and youth wrestling sections.

Sport charity

Abduvaliev is the President of the Wrestling Association of Uzbekistan.[2] He sponsors the World Wrestling Championships, the international tournament "Grand Prix" cups of Independence of Uzbekistan in freestyle wrestling and others competitions. His money holds the largest youth and children's tournaments. He sponsors wrestling teams for four boarding schools for orphans.

For several years, the Tennis Uzbekistan President Cup was sponsored by Abduvaliev.[2][3]

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References
  1. "Абдувалиев Салим Киргизбаевич" (in Russian). Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  2. "Салим Абдувалиев: благодаря борьбе, мы рассказали всему миру об Узбекистане" (in Russian). Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  3. "САЛИМ-БАЙ: ЧЕМПИОН ПО ДРУЖБЕ" (in Russian). Retrieved 29 November 2014.
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