Toghrul Asgarov
Appearance
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Native name | Toğrul Əsgərov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Togrul Shahriyar oglu Asgarov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Azerbaijan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ganja, Azerbaijan | 17 September 1992 ,|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Azerbaijan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 65 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | (2012) (2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World finals | (2010) 5th (2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Regional finals | (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Toghrul Shahriyar oghlu Asgarov (Azerbaijani: Toğrul Əsgərov; born on September 17, 1992, Ganja, Azerbaijan) is an Azerbaijani wrestler. He is an Olympic and European champion in freestyle wrestling.
In 2012 Summer Olympics Toghrul Asgarov won Olympic wrestling gold medal in men's 60-kilogram freestyle, beating Besik Kudukhov of Russia by a score of (1-0, 5-0).[1][2][3]
In May 2017, he was disqualified for one year due to the doping rules violation (higenamine).[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Result: Toghrul Asgarov wins gold in men's 60kg freestyle". Archived from the original on 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
- ^ "Reuters. Wrestling: Azerbaijan's Asgarov wins 60kg gold". Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
- ^ "Washington Post. Azerbaijan wins two golds on mat". Archived from the original on 2012-08-12. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- ^ "Борцы Азербайджана дисквалифицированы из-за допинга. Среди них Тогрул Аскеров". Archived from the original on 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
External links
[edit]- Bio on Fila-Wrestling.com[permanent dead link ]
- Video about career of Toghrul Asgarov
- Toghrul Asgarov at the International Wrestling Database
- Toghrul Asgarov at Olympedia (archive)
Categories:
- Living people
- 1992 births
- Sportspeople from Ganja, Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijani male sport wrestlers
- Olympic gold medalists for Azerbaijan
- Olympic silver medalists for Azerbaijan
- Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic wrestlers for Azerbaijan
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games
- European Games medalists in wrestling
- European Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Doping cases in wrestling
- Azerbaijani sportspeople in doping cases
- European Wrestling Champions
- 21st-century Azerbaijani sportsmen
- Azerbaijani sport wrestler stubs