Achievements Rakov won the 2009 World Championship in the men"s half-heavyweight (-100 kg) division, beating Henk Grol in the final. He won the silver medal at the 2011 World Championships, losing to Tagir Khaybulaev in the final. Previously, he had competed in the middleweight (-90 kg) category in which he won the silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games, having lost the final match to Hwang Hee-Tae of South of Korea.