(1985-03-04) 4 March 1985 (age 39) Sumgait, Azerbaijan
Native name
Rafael Ağayev
Nickname
Panther of the East Diamond of the Karate World
Nationality
Azerbaijan
Height
167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Division
-75 kg
Style
Shotokan
Teacher(s)
Rahman Hatamov
Rank
Black Belt, 5th dan
Website
aghayev-rafael.com
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing Azerbaijan
Summer Olympics
2020 Tokyo
Kumite −75 kg
World Championships
2006 Tampere
Kumite −70 kg
2008 Tokyo
Kumite −70 kg
2008 Tokyo
Kumite open
2010 Belgrade
Kumite −75 kg
2016 Linz
Kumite −75 kg
2010 Belgrade
Team kumite
2012 Paris
Kumite −75 kg
2018 Madrid
Kumite −75 kg
2021 Dubai
Team kumite
European Championships
2004 Moscow
Kumite −65 kg
2005 Tenerife
Kumite open
2007 Bratislava
Kumite −70 kg
2007 Bratislava
Kumite open
2008 Tallinn
Kumite open
2009 Zagreb
Kumite −75 kg
2010 Athens
Kumite −75 kg
2013 Budapest
Kumite -75 kg
2015 Istanbul
Kumite -75 kg
2016 Montpellier
Kumite -75 kg
2018 Novi Sad
Kumite -75 kg
2019 Guadalajara
Kumite -75 kg
2008 Tallinn
Kumite −70 kg
2021 Poreč
Kumite -75 kg
2022 Gaziantep
Team kumite
2008 Tallinn
Team kumite
2009 Zagreb
Team kumite
2010 Athens
Team kumite
2011 Zürich
Kumite −75 kg
2012 Tenerife
Kumite −75 kg
2012 Tenerife
Team kumite
2015 Istanbul
Team kumite
2021 Poreč
Team kumite
World Games
2013 Cali
Kumite −75 kg
World Combat Games
2013 Saint Petersburg
Kumite −75 kg
European Games
2015 Baku
Kumite −75 kg
2019 Minsk
Kumite −75 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
2013 Palembang
Kumite −75 kg
2017 Baku
Kumite −75 kg
2005 Mecca
Kumite −75 kg
Rafael Mahir Aghayev (Azerbaijani: Rafael Ağayev; born March 4, 1985, in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is an Azerbaijani karateka. He won the silver medal in the men's kumite 75 kg division at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He is a five-time world champion, and eleven-time European champion in his discipline.[1] Aghayev is currently signed by Karate Combat and is the reigning welterweight champion in the promotion with a record of 5-0.
^"Jack Slack's Top Strikers: Rafael Aghayev". 15 October 2012.
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