Nurali Emomali
Nurali Emomali is a Tajikistani judoka. He represented Tajikistan at the 2024 Olympic Games and won a silver medal at the 2025 World Championships.
Early life
From Hiloli, in the Khuroson district, he started training in sports when he was eight years-old, trained by his father who coached many youngsters aim his district, and started competing in Judo when he was 12 years-old. He attended Tajik State University of Commerce where he studied law.Career
Age-group champion of Tajikistan when he was 19 years-old, Emomali had a third place finish in Uzbekistan at the Asian Youth Judo Championship in 2022. He won the gold medal in the 66 kg category at the 2022 World Juniors Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador.Emomali represented Tajikistan in the men's 66 kg division at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, defeating Baruch Shmailov in the roundof16 before suffering an injury against Hifumi Abe in the quarterfinals and ultimately having to withdraw from the competition.
Emomali won the silver medal in the 66 kg category at the 2025 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in June 2025, having faced-off against Takeshi Takeoka of Japan in the final.