Rovshan Bayramov

Rovshan Bayramov
Bayramov during the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born7 May 1987 (1987-05-07) (age 38)
Baku, Azerbaijani SSR
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Azerbaijan
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing 55 kg
2012 London 55 kg
World Championships
2011 Istanbul 55 kg
2006 Guangzhou 55 kg
2015 Las Vegas 59 kg
2009 Herning 55 kg
European Championships
2007 Sofia 55 kg
2008 Tampere 55 kg
2006 Moscow 55 kg
World Cup
2015 Tehran 59 kg

Rovshan Bayramov (Azerbaijani: Rövşən Bayramov; born 7 May 1987, Baku, Azerbaijani SSR) is an Azerbaijani wrestler. He is a European and world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. Moreover, he is a two-time Olympic silver medalist.[1]

In the 2011 World Wrestling Championship held in Istanbul, he was a world champion adding a gold medal to the combination of the silver and bronze medals obtained in the previous world championships. In addition, Bayramov holds two European titles.

2008 Beijing Olympics

In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Bayramov successfully reached the final having beaten Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt), Yagnier Hernández (Cuba), Roman Amoyan (Armenia), but lost to Nazyr Mankiev from Russia.

2012 London Olympics

In the 2012 London Olympics having beaten Mingiyan Semenov (Russia), Spenser Mango (USA), Li Shujin (China) and Choi Gyu-Jin (South Korea), Bayramov lost in the final against Hamid Sourian (Iran) and obtained his second silver Olympic medal in a row.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rovshan Bayramov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.