Born in Dushanbe[1] the capital of Tajikistan, his first noteworthy international result was a bronze medal at the 1997 West Asian Games.

[7] He took part in the inaugural Afro-Asian Games and managed to win the silver medal behind South African thrower Chris Harmse.

[7] At the 2006 Asian Games Nazarov finally won a gold medal, overcoming Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi who had held the lead until the fifth and penultimate round.

[13] Another famous hammer thrower, Andrey Abduvaliyev, did compete for Tajikistan from 1991 to 1997, winning gold medals at the World Championships in 1993 and 1995.

He won his first continental title at the end of the year, finally beating Al-Zinkawi at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships after a series of second-place finishes.

[19] He was also runner-up in the inaugural IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge series having a combined score of 236.02 to finish behind Koji Murofushi.

[21] Nazarov placed tenth in the final at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and ended the year with his first throw over eighty metres, recording 80.30 m to win at the Hanzekovic Memorial.

[22] Nazarov performed less well in the 2012 season and his best throw that year was 77.70 m. He still managed to place tenth at the 2012 London Olympics, but he was down in fifth on the IAAF Challenge circuit.

[16] His father Jamoliddin Nazarov was a soldier in the Tajik National Army who died in Tavildar during the Tajikistani Civil War.