Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
# Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Azerbaijan competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

The team won 14 gold medals and 19 medals overall, beating their previous best of 4 golds and 12 medals in London 2012 and overall medal of 9 gold.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Shahana Hajiyeva | Judo | Women's 48 kg | 27 August |
| Gold | Raman Salei | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke S12 | 27 August |
| Gold | Vugar Shirinli | Judo | Men's 60 kg | 27 August |
| Gold | Sevda Valiyeva | Judo | Women's 57 kg | 28 August |
| Gold | Khanim Huseynova | Judo | Women's 63 kg | 28 August |
| Gold | Huseyn Rahimli | Judo | Men's 81 kg | 28 August |
| Gold | Hamed Heidari | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F57 | 28 August |
| Gold | Elvin Astanov | Athletics | Men's shot put F53 | 29 August |
| Gold | Dursadaf Karimova | Judo | Women's +70 kg | 29 August |
| Gold | Raman Salei | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle S12 | 31 August |
| Gold | Vali Israfilov | Swimming | Men's 100 m breaststroke SB12 | 1 September |
| Gold | Raman Salei | Swimming | Men's 100 metre butterfly S12 | 3 September |
| Gold | Lamiya Valiyeva | Athletics | Women's 400 metres T13 | 4 September |
| Gold | Orkhan Aslanov | Athletics | Men's long jump T13 | 4 September |
| Silver | Lamiya Valiyeva | Athletics | Women's 100 metres T13 | 31 August |
| Bronze | Parvin Mammadov | Powerlifting | Men's 49 kg | 26 August |
| Bronze | Namig Abasli | Judo | Men's 66 kg | 27 August |
| Bronze | Ilham Zakiyev | Judo | Men's +100 kg | 27 August |
| Bronze | Said Najafzade | Athletics | Men's long jump T12 | 30 August |

## Competitors

| # | Sport | Men | Women | Total | Events |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Athletics | 9 | 3 | 12 | 16 |
| 2 | Judo | 6 | 5 | 11 | 11 |
| 3 | Powerlifting | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Shooting | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Swimming | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Taekwondo | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Total | Total | 24 | 12 | 36 | 47 |

## Athletics

12 Azerbaijani athlete in 16 events such as Kamil Aliyev (Long Jump T12), Olokhan Musayev (Discus Throw F56) & Samir Nabiyev (Shot Put F57) successfully to break through the qualifications for the 2020 Paralympics after breaking the qualification limit.

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Men's Track |||||||
| Elmir Jabrayilov | 100m T13 | DNF | - | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Elmir Jabrayilov | 400m T13 | 52.17 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Men's Field |||||||
| Kamil Aliyev | Long jump T12 | — | — | 6.89 | 5 |
| Orkhan Aslanov | Long jump T13 | — | — | 7.36 AR | |
| Elvin Astanov | Shot put F53 | — | — | 8.77 PR | |
| Orkhan Gasimov | Javelin throw F13 | — | — | 58.96 | 5 |
| Hamed Heidari | Javelin throw F57 | — | — | 51.42 WR, PR | |
| Olokhan Musayev | Shot put F55 | — | — | 11.89 | 5 |
| Olokhan Musayev | Discus throw F56 | — | — | 37.92 | 7 |
| Samir Nabiyev | Shot put F57 | — | — | | |
| Said Najafzade | Long jump T12 | — | — | 7.03 | |
| Women's Track |||||||
| Elena Chebanu | 100m T13 | 12.16 | 3 Q | 12.41 | 7 |
| Iuliia Ianovskaia | 100m T13 | 12.41 | 8 Q | 12.30 | 4 |
| Iuliia Ianovskaia | 400m T13 | 56.55 | 2 Q | 57.18 | 5 |
| Lamiya Valiyeva | 100m T13 | 12.09 | 2 Q | 11.99 | |
| Lamiya Valiyeva | 400m T13 | 55.71 | 2 Q | 55.00 PR | |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Men |||||||||
| Vugar Shirinli | −60 kg | Bye | Çiftçi (TUR) W 10s1–0s2 | Bologa (ROU) W 1s1–0 | Bye | Sariyev (KAZ) W 10–1s2 | |
| Namig Abasli | −66 kg | Bye | Ibáñez (ESP) L 0s2–1 | Did not advance | Pérez (PUR) W 10–0 | Rudenko (RPC) W 1s1–0 | Khorava (UKR) W 1s2–0s1 | |
| Ramil Gasimov | −73 kg | Daulet (KAZ) L DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Huseyn Rahimli | −81 kg | Bye | Powell (GBR) W 11s1–0 | Lee (KOR) W 10–0s1 | Bye | Karomatov (UZB) W 10–1s2 | |
| Kanan Abdullakhanli | −100 kg | Khalilov (UZB) L 0s1–10s2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ilham Zakiyev | +100 kg | Hodgson (GBR) W 1s2–0s1 | Choi (KOR) L 0s2–1s2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Subba (JAM) W 10–0s1 | Sharipov (UZB) W BYE | |
| Women |||||||||
| Shahana Hajiyeva | −48 kg | Bye | Hangai (JPN) W 10–0 | Potapova (RPC) W 10–0 | Bye | Martinet (FRA) W 10s1–1 | |
| Basti Safarova | −52 kg | Bye | Fujiwara (JPN) L 0s3–10s2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Nikolaychyk (UKR) L 0–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sevda Valiyeva | −57 kg | Bye | Fedossova (KAZ) W 10–0 | Çelik (TUR) W 10s1–0 | Bye | Samandarova (UZB) W 1–0s2 | |
| Khanim Huseynova | −63 kg | Bye | Kudo (JPN) W 10s1–0s1 | Wang Yue (CHN) W 1s1–0 | Bye | Husieva (UKR) W 1–0 | |
| Dursadaf Karimova | +70 kg | — | Harnyk (UKR) W 10–0 | Emmerich (BRA) W 11s2–1s1 | Bye | Baibatina (KAZ) W 10s1–0s2 | |

## Powerlifting

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Parvin Mammadov | Men's −49 kg | 156 | |
| Nurlan Babajanov | Men's −97 kg | 185 | 7 |
| Elshan Huseynov | Men's −107 kg | NM | NM |
| Shamo Aslanov | Men's +107 kg | NM | NM |

## Shooting

Azerbaijan entered one athletes into the Paralympic competition. Kamran Zeynalov successfully break the Paralympic qualification at the 2019 WSPS World Championships which was held in Sydney, Australia.

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Yelena Taranova | Women's P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1 | 538 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yelena Taranova | Mixed P3 – 25 m pistol SH1 | 516 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yelena Taranova | Mixed P4 – 50 m pistol SH1 | 503 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kamran Zeynalov | Men's P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1 | 543 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kamran Zeynalov | Mixed P4 – 50 m pistol SH1 | 518 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Three Azerbaijani swimmer has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the 2019 World Championship & MQS.

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Men ||||||
| Vali Israfilov | 100m breaststroke SB12 | — | 1:04.86 PR | |
| Vali Israfilov | 100m butterfly S12 | 1:10.59 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Raman Salei | 50m freestyle S13 | 23.98 | 3 Q | 23.85 | 4 |
| Raman Salei | 100m freestyle S12 | 53.89 | 2 Q | 52.69 | |
| Raman Salei | 100m backstroke S12 | — | 1:00:30 | |
| Raman Salei | 100m butterfly S12 | 58.99 | 1 Q | 57.81 | |
| Women ||||||
| Dana Shandibina | 100m breaststroke SB13 | 1:24.51 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Azerbaijan qualified four athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. All of them confirmed to compete at the games by winning the gold medal at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.

| Athlete | Event | First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Men |||||||||
| Imamaddin Khalilov | Men's –61 kg | Sidorov (RPC) L 19–25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Tanaka (JPN) W 20–15 | Kong (FRA) L 26–29 | Did not advance | 7 |
| Abulfaz Abuzarli | Men's –75 kg | Ganapin (PHI) W WDQ | García (MEX) L 5–38 | Did not advance | Shvets (UKR) W 60–36 | Joo (KOR) L 32–46 | Did not advance | 7 |
| Women |||||||||
| Royala Fataliyeva | Women's –49 kg | Phuangkitcha (THA) L 4–17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Tanwar (IND) W WWD | Marchuk (UKR) L 20–26 | Did not advance | 7 |
| Aynur Mammadova | Women's +58 kg | Lypetska (UKR) WD | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
