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
2011 Dortmund74 kg
2018 Kaspiysk 82 kg
2020 Rome82 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
2017 Baku80 kg
European Games
2015 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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