Namig Abdullayev

Namig Abdullayev
Personal information
Born 4 January 1971 (1971-01-04) (age 45)
Baku, Azerbaijan
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport Freestyle wrestling
Club Neftçi, Baku
Medal record
Representing  Azerbaijan
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta 52 kg
2000 Sydney 55 kg
World Championships
1994 Istanbul 52 kg
1998 Tehran 54 kg
2002 Tehran 55 kg
2006 Guangzhou 55 kg
European Championships
1994 Rome 52 kg
1995 Fribourg 52kg
1996 Budapest 52 kg
1997 Warsaw 52 kg
2003 Rijeka 54 kg
2006 Moscow 55 kg

Namig Abdullayev (Azerbaijani: Namiq Abdullayev, born 4 January 1971) is a retired Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler, who won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as three gold medals at European championships and three silver medals at world championships.[1]

A three-time Olympian, Abdullayev won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the 52 kg category and the gold in the 55 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated early.

Abdullayev retired in 2009.[2]

Personal life

Abdullayev is married and lives in Baku.[3] He is the brother of world champion wrestler Arif Abdullayev.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Namiq Abdullayev. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ (Russian) Легендарный азербайджанский борец Намик Абдуллаев уходит из большого спорта (Legendary Azerbaijani Wrestler Namiq Abdullayev Retiring). Day.az. 18 July 2009.
  3. ↑ (Russian) Azerbaijani Женился азербайджанский борец Намик Абдуллаев (Wrestler Namig Abdullayev Getting Married). day.az. 28 October 2008
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Olympic Games
Preceded by
Nazim Huseynov		 Flagbearer for  Azerbaijan
Sydney 2000 		Succeeded by
Nizami Pashayev


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