Rafig Huseynov

Rafig Huseynov (Azerbaijani: Rafiq Hüseynov; born 16 May 1988 in Tashkent[1]) is an Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler.[2] He defeated Hungarian Péter Bácsi for the gold medal in his respective division at the 2011 European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany.[3]

Rafig Huseynov

Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Azerbaijan
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo77 kg
World Championships
2021 Oslo 82 kg
2019 Nur-Sultan82 kg
European Championships
2022 Budapest82 kg
2020 Rome82 kg
2011 Dortmund74 kg
2018 Kaspiysk 82 kg
European Games
2015 Baku80 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
2017 Baku80 kg
World Cup
2009 Clermont-Ferrand74 kg
2012 Saransk74 kg
2013 Tehran84 kg
2015 Tehran80 kg

He won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4][5]

References

  1. "Huseynov Rafig on Olympics.com". Olympics.com. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  2. "Rafig Huseynov". The-Sports.org. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  3. "European Championship 2011-04-02 Dortmund (GER) 74.0 kg". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  4. Shefferd, Neil (8 May 2021). "Armenia and Romania book multiple Tokyo 2020 places at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  5. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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