Islam Abbasov

İslam Abbasov
Abbasov in 2024
Personal information
Full nameİslam Əzim oğlu Abbasov
NationalityAzerbaijani
Born (1996-03-24) 24 March 1996
Sumgait, Azerbaijan
Height180 cm (5.9 ft; 71 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st)
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Azerbaijan
European Championships
2019 Bucharest 87 kg
2020 Rome 87 kg
2022 Budapest 87 kg
2025 Bratislava 87 kg
World Cup
2015 Tehran Team
2017 Abadan Team
European Games
2019 Minsk 87 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
2017 Baku 85 kg
World Military Championships
2016 Skopje 85 kg
2017 Klaipeda 85 kg
2018 Moscow 63 kg
Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament
2022 Istanbul 87 kg
2017 Istanbul 85 kg
2018 Istanbul 87 kg
Golden Grand Prix
2016 Baku 85 kg
Grand Prix
2022 Rome 87 kg
2025 Zagreb 87 kg
World U23 Championships
2018 Bucharest 87 kg
European U23 Championship
2018 Istanbul 87 kg
2015 Walbrzych 85 kg
World Juniors Championships
2014 Zagreb 84 kg
2015 Bahia 84 kg
European Juniors Championships
2014 Katowice 84 kg
2015 Istanbul 84 kg
2016 Bucharest 84 kg
World Cadets Championships
2012 Baku 76 kg
2013 Zrenjanin 76 kg
European Cadets Championships
2013 Bar 76 kg

İslam Əzim oğlu Abbasov (born 24 March 1996) is an Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler.[1]

Wrestling career

In March 2021, he qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2][3][4] In June 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2021 Wladyslaw Pytlasinski Cup held in Warsaw, Poland.[5][6]

In 2022, he won the gold medal in his event at the Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[7] He won one of the bronze medals in the 87 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[8]

He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[9] He was eliminated in his first match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Islam Abbasov (AZE)". International Wrestling Database.
  2. ^ Morgan, Liam (20 March 2021). "Russia and Georgia earn two Tokyo 2020 Greco-Roman quotas at Olympic qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  4. ^ "ABBASOV Islam". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  5. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (13 June 2021). "Hosts win two golds on final night of UWW Poland Open". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  6. ^ "2021 Poland Open Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  7. ^ "2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  8. ^ Pavitt, Michael (2 April 2022). "Kayaalp continues Greco-Roman domination at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  9. ^ a b "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.