Rafig Huseynov

Rafig Huseynov

Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Azerbaijan
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo 77 kg
World Championships
2021 Oslo 82 kg
2023 Belgrade 82 kg
2019 Nur-Sultan 82 kg
European Championships
2022 Budapest 82 kg
2020 Rome 82 kg
2011 Dortmund 74 kg
2018 Kaspiysk 82 kg
European Games
2015 Baku 80 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
2017 Baku 80 kg
2021 Konya 82 kg
World Cup
2015 Tehran Team
2009 Clermont-Ferrand 74 kg
2012 Saransk 74 kg
2013 Tehran 84 kg

Rafig Huseynov (Azerbaijani: Rafiq Hüseynov; born 16 May 1988)[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]

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

In 2021, Rafig became the world champion;[6][7] and in 2022 he was a three-time European champion.[8][9] He competed in the 82 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Huseynov Rafig on Olympics.com". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Rafig Huseynov". The-Sports.org. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  3. ^ "European Championship 2011-04-02 Dortmund (GER) 74.0 kg". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Archived from the original on 2011-04-11. 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. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Huseynov among Greco-Roman finals winners at UWW World Championships in Oslo". www.insidethegames.biz. October 8, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  7. ^ "Рафик Гусейнов стал чемпионом мира". www.azerisport.com (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  8. ^ "Рафик Гусейнов стал трехкратным чемпионом Европы". Информационное Агентство Репорт (in Russian). 3 April 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  9. ^ "Azerbaijani Greco-Roman Wrestlers Make History in Europe". caspiannews.com. Archived from the original on 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  10. ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.