Islam Abbasov

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İslam Abbasov
Abbasov in 2021
Personal information
Full nameİslam Əzim oğlu Abbasov
NationalityAzerbaijani
Born24 March 1996 (1996-03-24) (age 28)
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Azerbaijan
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk 87 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Bucharest 87 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest 87 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Rome 87 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku 85 kg
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tehran Team
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rome 87 kg

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

  1. ^ "Islam Abbasov (AZE)". International Wrestling Database.[dead link]
  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.

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