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{{Infobox cyclist
| name           = Zulfiya Zabirova
| image          = Zabirova9806_081.jpg
| caption        = Zabirova prior to her start in the time trial<br />at the 1998 [[Women's Challenge]]
| fullname       = Zulfiya Zabirova
| nickname       =
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1973|12|19|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Tashkent]], [[Uzbek SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| height         = {{convert|5|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}}
| weight         = {{convert|143|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
| currentteam    =
| discipline     = Road
| role           = Rider
| ridertype      =
| amateuryears1  =
| amateurteam1   =
| proyears1      = 1999
| proteam1       = Acca Due O
| proyears2      = 2000&ndash;2001
| proteam2       = Acca Due O - Lorena Camichie
| proyears3      = 2002
| proteam3       = USC Chirio
| proyears4      = 2003
| proteam4       = Team Prato Marathon Bike
| proyears5      = 2004
| proteam5       = Team Let's Go Finland
| proyears6      = 2005&ndash;
| proteam6       = Bigla Cycling Team
| majorwins      =
| updated        = 11 August 2008
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry| {{RUS}} }}
{{MedalSport | [[Road bicycle racing]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold| [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]| [[Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Individual Time Trial]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UCI Road World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2002 UCI Road World Championships|2002 Zolder/Hasselt]]|Time trial}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1997 UCI Road World Championships|1997 San Sebastián]]|Time trial}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1998 UCI Road World Championships|1998 Valkenburg]]|Time trial}}
{{MedalBronze |[[2003 UCI Road World Championships|2003 Hamilton]]|Time trial}}
{{MedalBronze |[[2004 UCI Road World Championships|2004 Verona]]|Time trial}}
}}
'''Zulfiya Khasanovna Zabirova''' ({{lang-ru|Зульфия Хасановна Забирова}}; born 19 December 1973)<ref>{{cite web| url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/230691.shtml| title=Athlete Biography - ZABIROVA Zulfiya| publisher=Beijing Olympics official website|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080909151434/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/230691.shtml|archivedate=2008-09-09}}</ref> is a [[Russia]]n professional cycle racer who won the Gold medal in the [[time trial]] event in the [[1996 Olympics]] and later, in 2002, won the [[UCI Road World Championships, Women|World Time Trial Championship]].

==Biography==
Zulfiya was born in [[Tashkent]], [[Uzbekistan]] on 19 December 1973. She is an ethnic [[Uzbeks|Uzbek]]. In 1993 two years after the breakup of the [[Soviet Union]] she emigrated to [[Russia]] and lived in [[Rostov-on-Don]]. As the main reason for her emigration she cited that the [[Islamist]] leadership of the newly independent Uzbekistan is hostile to the women sports and the rights of women in general. In 1996 she became famous after winning the Olympic gold medal in [[Atlanta]].

In 2005, she obtained the citizenship of [[Kazakhstan]] and announced her intention to compete as a member of the Kazakhstan team. As the reason for her decision she cited the better conditions for training and her desire to be closer to her native Uzbekistan (Kazakhstan has a reputation to be the much more secular and democratic than Uzbekistan) as well as her family circumstances. According to the Russian Newspaper [[Komsomolskaya Pravda]], Zabirova's main place of residence and training is [[Lugano]], [[Switzerland]] (as of 2005).

==Palmarès==
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Note: Beginning in 1997, the [[Union Cycliste Internationale]] implemented a points listing whereby points were awarded riders based on their performances in racing events. For this purpose, the races were classified into categories. Although the exact system has evolved over the years, the major stage races are generally classified as category 1 (strongest), and category 2. In the listings below, these categories, where known, are given in parentheses. The abbreviation GC stands for [[General classification]].
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;1996
:1st [[File:Gold medal olympic.svg|15px]] [[Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] Time Trial
:1st {{RUS}} National Road Championships Time Trial
:2nd {{RUS}} National Road Championships Road Race
:1st GP Kanton Zurich
:2 Stage wins, [[Grande Boucle|Tour Cycliste Feminin]]
:3rd Tour du Finistere

;1997
:3rd UCI Points Rankings
::2nd [[UCI Road World Championships, Women|UCI Women's Road World Championships]] Time Trial
:1st {{RUS}} National Road Championship
:2 Stage wins, [[Grande Boucle|Tour Cycliste Feminin]]
:1st Overall and Stage win, Etoile Vosgienne
:1st Overall and Stage win, Trois Jours de Vendee
:1st Chrono der Herbiers
:Stage win, Tour de Finistere
:2nd Chrono Champenois
:2nd GP des Nations Time Trial
:3rd Overall and 2 Stage wins, [[Women's Challenge]]
:2nd Thrift Drug Classic
:3rd Overall, Grazia Tour

;1998
:8th UCI Points Rankings
:2nd [[UCI Road World Championships, Women|UCI Women's Road World Championships]] Time Trial
:1st World Cup (Switzerland)
:1st GP des Nations Time Trial
:1st Josef Voegeli Memorial
:Stage win, [[Grande Boucle|Tour Cycliste Feminin]]
:4th Overall, Thuringen Rundfahrt

;1999
:7th UCI Points Rankings
:1st Overall and Stage win, Tour de Suisse Feminin (cat. 1)
:5th Overall and 3 Stage wins, [[Giro d'Italia Femminile]] (cat. 1)
:3rd Overall and Stage win, [[Women's Challenge]]

;2000
:15th UCI Points Rankings
:1st {{RUS}} National Time Trial Championships
:1st Overall and Stage win, Tour de Suisse Feminin (cat. 1)
:5th Overall and 2 Stage wins, [[Grande Boucle]] (cat. 1)
:7th [[Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] (Sydney, Aus) Road Race

;2001
:Did not compete.

;2002
:10th UCI Points Rankings
:1st  [[UCI Road World Championships, Women|UCI Women's Road World Championships]] Time Trial
:1st Overall and Stage win, Thüringen-Rundfahrt (cat. 1)
:1st GP Carnevale d'Europa (cat. 2)
:1st [[Chrono Champenois-Trophee Europeen]] (cat. 2)
:2 Stage wins, [[Grande Boucle]] Féminine (cat. 1)
:Stage win, Giro della Toscana (cat. 1)
:7th Overall, [[Giro d'Italia Femminile]]
:9th, GP Suisse (SUI) féminin World Cup

;2003
:9th UCI Points Rankings
:3rd [[UCI Road World Championships, Women|UCI Women's Road World Championships]] Time Trial
:1st Overall and 2 stage wins, Castilla y Leon (cat. 1)
:1st [[Primavera Rosa]] (Ita) World Cup
:2 Stage wins, [[Grande Boucle]] (cat. 1)
:4th Overall, Trophee d'Or (cat. 2)

;2004
:7th UCI Points Rankings
:[[UCI Road World Championships, Women|UCI Women's Road World Championships]]
::12th Road Race
::3rd Time Trial
:1st [[Tour of Flanders for Women|Ronde van Vlaanderen World Cup]]
:1st [[Primavera Rosa]] World Cup
:1st Overall and Stage win, Thuringen-Rundfahrt (cat. 1)
:8th Olympic Games Time Trial
:10th Overall and Stage win, [[Giro d'Italia Femminile]] (cat. 1)

;2005
:1st {{KAZ}} National Road Championships Time Trial
:1st {{KAZ}} National Road Championships Road Race
:6th [[UCI Road World Championships, Women|UCI Women's Road World Championships]] Time Trial
:Stage win, Giro di San Marino (cat. 2)
:Stage win, [[Giro d'Italia Femminile]] (cat. 1)

;2008
:2 Stage wins (stage 3 and 7), [[2008 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin]]
:10th [[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's road race|Road race]], [[2008 Summer Olympics]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{it icon}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20080925070553/http://www.zabirova.ch/ Official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121003043618/http://www.cyclingwebsite.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=6515 Cycling Website profile]
*[http://www.kp.kz/html/april/07.04/zab.php Article in Komsomolskaya Pravda about Zabirova]
*{{ru icon}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20060106161346/http://www.relga.rsu.ru/n43/sport43.htm "Olympic Champion Zulfiya Zabirova"]
*{{ru icon}} [http://utro.ru/articles/2005/04/11/427057.shtml "Russian olympicist began to emigrate," article in the newspaper Utro.ru about Zabirova's plans to move to Kazakhstan]
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{{UCI Road World Champions – Women's time trial}}

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[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Russia]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
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[[Category:Asian Games medalists in cycling]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2006 Asian Games]]
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