Azerbaijan at the Olympics
# Azerbaijan at the Olympics

Azerbaijan first participated at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1996, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then. Previously, Azerbaijani athletes competed as part of the Soviet Union at the Olympics from 1952 to 1988, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan was part of the Unified Team in 1992. Azerbaijani athletes have won a total of 42 medals at the Summer Olympic Games. The nation has not won any medals at the Winter Olympic Games. The National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic was created in 1992 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.

In 2016, Azerbaijan became one of only two nations (the other being Great Britain, also between 2000 and 2016) ever to increase the number of medals achieved in five consecutive Games. Azerbaijan's success at the 2016 Games was driven by primarily by naturalized citizens; 12 out of the 16 medalists for Azerbaijan were born outside of the country (primarily immigrants from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Iran). Azerbaijan is particularly strong in contact sports, with 40 of their 45 medals being awarded in Wrestling, Boxing, Judo and Taekwondo.

## Medals

Medals by Summer Sport

  Leading in that sportSportGoldSilverBronzeTotal Wrestling481325 Judo1225 Shooting1023 Taekwondo1023 Karate0202 Boxing0189 Canoeing0112Totals (7 entries)7142849

Medalists

Medal

Name

Games

Sport

Event

 SilverNamig Abdullayev1996 Atlanta WrestlingMen's freestyle flyweight

 GoldZemfira Meftahatdinova2000 Sydney ShootingWomen's skeet

 GoldNamig Abdullayev2000 Sydney WrestlingMen's freestyle flyweight

 BronzeVugar Alakbarov2000 Sydney BoxingMen's middleweight

 GoldFarid Mansurov2004 Athens WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman lightweight

 BronzeFuad Aslanov2004 Athens BoxingMen's flyweight

 BronzeAghasi Mammadov2004 Athens BoxingMen's bantamweight

 BronzeIrada Ashumova2004 Athens ShootingWomen's 25 m pistol

 BronzeZemfira Meftahatdinova2004 Athens ShootingWomen's skeet

 GoldElnur Mammadli2008 Beijing JudoMen's 73 kg

 SilverRovshan Bayramov2008 Beijing WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 55 kg

 BronzeShahin Imranov2008 Beijing BoxingMen's featherweight

 BronzeMovlud Miraliyev2008 Beijing JudoMen's 100 kg

 BronzeMariya Stadnik2008 Beijing WrestlingWomen's freestyle 48 kg

 BronzeKhetag Gazyumov2008 Beijing WrestlingMen's freestyle 96 kg

 GoldToghrul Asgarov2012 London WrestlingMen's freestyle 60 kg

 GoldSharif Sharifov2012 London WrestlingMen's freestyle 84 kg

 SilverRovshan Bayramov2012 London WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 55 kg

 SilverMariya Stadnik2012 London WrestlingWomen's freestyle 48 kg

 BronzeTeymur Mammadov2012 London BoxingMen's heavyweight

 BronzeMagomedrasul Majidov2012 London BoxingMen's super heavyweight

 BronzeKhetag Gazyumov2012 London WrestlingMen's freestyle 96 kg

 BronzeEmin Ahmadov2012 London WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 74 kg

 BronzeYuliya Ratkevich2012 London WrestlingWomen's freestyle 55 kg

 GoldRadik Isayev2016 Rio de Janeiro TaekwondoMen's +80 kg

 SilverLorenzo Sotomayor2016 Rio de Janeiro Boxing

Men's light welterweight

 SilverValentin Demyanenko2016 Rio de Janeiro CanoeingMen's C-1 200 metres

 SilverRustam Orujov2016 Rio de Janeiro JudoMen's 73 kg

 SilverElmar Gasimov2016 Rio de Janeiro JudoMen's 100 kg

 SilverToghrul Asgarov2016 Rio de Janeiro WrestlingMen's freestyle 65 kg

 SilverKhetag Gazyumov2016 Rio de Janeiro WrestlingMen's freestyle 97 kg

 SilverMariya Stadnik2016 Rio de Janeiro WrestlingWomen's freestyle 48 kg

 BronzeKamran Shakhsuvarly2016 Rio de Janeiro BoxingMen's middleweight

 BronzeInna Osypenko-Radomska2016 Rio de Janeiro CanoeingWomen's K-1 200 metres

 BronzeMilad Beigi2016 Rio de Janeiro TaekwondoMen's 80 kg

 BronzePatimat Abakarova2016 Rio de Janeiro TaekwondoWomen's 49 kg

 BronzeHaji Aliyev2016 Rio de Janeiro WrestlingMen's freestyle 57 kg

 BronzeJabrayil Hasanov2016 Rio de Janeiro WrestlingMen's freestyle 74 kg

 BronzeSharif Sharifov2016 Rio de Janeiro WrestlingMen's freestyle 86 kg

 BronzeRasul Chunayev2016 Rio de Janeiro WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 66 kg

 BronzeSabah Shariati2016 Rio de Janeiro WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 130 kg

 BronzeNataliya Synyshyn2016 Rio de Janeiro WrestlingWomen's freestyle 53 kg

 SilverRafael Aghayev2020 Tokyo KarateMen's 75 kg

 SilverHaji Aliyev2020 Tokyo WrestlingMen's freestyle 65 kg

 SilverIrina Zaretska2020 Tokyo KarateWomen's +61 kg

 BronzeIryna Kindzerska2020 Tokyo JudoWomen's +78 kg

 BronzeLoren Alfonso2020 Tokyo BoxingMen's light heavyweight

 BronzeRafig Huseynov2020 Tokyo WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 77 kg

 BronzeMariya Stadnik2020 Tokyo WrestlingWomen's freestyle 50 kg

Disqualified Medalists

Main articles: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table, 2012 Summer Olympics medal table, and List of stripped Olympic medals

Medal

Name

Sport

Event

Date

 SilverVitaliy RahimovWrestlingMen's 60 kg12 August 2008

 BronzeValentin HristovWeightliftingMen's 56 kg29 July 2012

Participants by sport

Summer Games

Sport

1996

2000

2004

2008

2012

Total

Athletics

Field events2332218

Track events21201

Boxing

2592826

Canoeing

Sprint

000033

Cycling

Road

000011

Diving

Platform

110002

Equestrian

Show jumping

000112

Fencing

Individual sabre

101013

Gymnastics

Artistic0000111

Individual rhythmic00121

Team rhythmic00006

Judo

2436823

Rowing

Single sculls

000022

Shooting

Air & Sporting Pistol

111018

Skeet

11110

Swimming

Breaststroke001119

Butterfly00001

Freestyle12110

Taekwondo

002125

Weightlifting

2255620

Wrestling

Græco-Roman

2236553

Freestyle

674108

Total2331364453187

Winter Games

Sport

1998

2002

2006

2010

Total

Alpine skiing

Slalom

01023

Figure skating

Singles21009

Pairs2220

Total442212

Flagbearers

Summer Olympics

Games

Athlete

Sport

1996 Atlanta

Nazim Hüseynov

Judo

2000 Sydney

Namig Abdullayev

Freestyle wrestling

2004 Athens

Nizami Pashayev

Weightlifting

2008 Beijing

Farid Mansurov

Greco-Roman wrestling

2012 London

Elnur Mammadli

Judo

2016 Rio de Janeiro

Teymur Mammadov

Boxing

2020 Tokyo

Rustam Orujov & Farida Azizova

Judo (Orujov) & Taekwando (Azizova)

Winter Olympics

Games

Athlete

Sport

1998 Nagano

Julia Vorobieva

Figure skating

2002 Salt Lake City

Sergey Rylov

Figure skating

2006 Turin

Igor Lukanin

Ice dancing

2010 Vancouver

Fuad Guliyev

2014 Sochi

Rahman Khalilov

2018 Pyeongchang

Patrick Brachner

Alpine Skiing

See also

National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan

Olympic competitors for Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan at the Paralympics

List of Azerbaijani Olympic medalists

List of flag bearers for Azerbaijan at the Olympics

References

↑ "Great Britain on brink of historic record at Rio 2016 as lottery funding pays dividends in Olympic medals". 2016-08-20. Archived from the original on 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2016-08-20.↑ Sports Reference

External links

"Azerbaijan". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.

"Azerbaijan". Olympedia.com.

"Olympic Analytics/AZE". olympanalyt.com.

"Azerbaijani Wrestler Namig Abdullayev Wins Olympic Gold," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 8:4 (Winter 2000), p. 76.

"Zemfira Meftahatdinova: Right on Target, Olympic Gold, Skeet Shooter," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 8:4 (Winter 2000), p. 79.

"Vugar Alakbarov, Olympic Bronze in Boxing," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 8:4 (Winter 2000), p. 78.

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