Haji Aliyev

Haji Aliyev

Medal record
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Representing  Azerbaijan
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 57 kg
World Championships
Tashkent 2014 61 kg
Las Vegas 2015 61 kg
European Championships
Vantaa 2014 61 kg
2016 Riga 61 kg
European Games
Baku 2015 61kg
World Cup
2012 Baku 60 kg
2015 Las Vegas 61 kg
Summer Universiade
Kazan 2013 60 kg

Haji Aliyev (Azerbaijani: Hacı Azər oğlu Əliyev;[1] born 21 April 1991, in Nakhchivan,[2] Azerbaijan SSR) is an Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 61 kg division in the 2014 European Wrestling Championships and won the gold medal after beating Bekkhan Goygereyev of Russia.[3]

Aliyev won the gold medal in the freestyle 61 kg class in the 2014 World Wrestling Championships.

In June 2015, he competed in the inaugural European Games, for the host country Azerbaijan in wrestling, more specifically, Men's freestyle in the 61 kilogram range. He earned a bronze medal.

He competed in the 57 kg division at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal after beating Vladimir Dubov of Bulgaria.[4] He was the flag bearer for Azerbaijan during the closing ceremonies.[5] Personal coach-Elman Azimzadeh

References

  1. "Əliyev Hacı Azər oğlu". awf-az.org. Retrieved 2014-12-22.
  2. "Haji Aliyev - AWF Interview 2014". Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation. 17 November 2014.
  3. Aliyev, Haji(AZE). iat.uni-leipzig.de
  4. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  5. "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-22.


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