Rafig Huseynov (Azerbaijani: Rafiq Hüseynov; born 16 May 1988)[1] is an Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler.[2] He defeated Hungarian Péter Bácsi for the gold medal in his respective division at the 2011 European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany.[3]
He won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4][5]
In 2021, Rafig became the world champion;[6][7] and in 2022 he was a three-time European champion.[8][9] He competed in the 82kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10]
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RafigHuseynov (Azerbaijani: Rafiq Hüseynov; born 16 May 1988) is an Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler. He defeated Hungarian Péter Bácsi for the gold...
division at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland. Meanwhile, Nijat Huseynov, qualified for the games, following the triumph of his victory in quota...
Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary, losing 2–1 to Azerbaijani RafigHuseynov in the 82 kg freestyle final match. He won one of the bronze medals...
Russia's Islam Aliev 4–3 in the final match. He defeated Azerbaijani RafigHuseynov 7–1 in the second round, Georgian Gela Bolkvadze 7–1 in the quarterfinals...
Qualification tournament, he then defeated former two-time European Champion, RafigHuseynov of Azerbaijan which won him a place in the semi-finals. Faced with 2-time...
was eliminated in his first match. Burke, Patrick (8 October 2021). "RafigHuseynov among winners of first Greco-Roman finals at UWW World Championships...
Unitedwrestling.com. Retrieved 8 October 2021. Burke, Patrick (8 October 2021). "RafigHuseynov among winners of first Greco-Roman finals at UWW World Championships...
Bronze Loren Alfonso 2020 Tokyo Boxing Men's light heavyweight Bronze RafigHuseynov 2020 Tokyo Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg Bronze Mariya Stadnik...
Uzbekistan, making up 0.15% of Uzbekistan's population. Movlud Miraliyev RafigHuseynov Azerbaijan–Uzbekistan relations Turkic Council Azerbaijani diaspora...
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Bronze Loren Alfonso Boxing Men's light heavyweight 1 August Bronze RafigHuseynov Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg 3 August Bronze Mariya Stadnik Wrestling...
Championships". UWW. Retrieved 8 October 2021. Burke, Patrick (8 October 2021). "RafigHuseynov among winners of first Greco-Roman finals at UWW World Championships...
held in Tokyo, Japan where he was eliminated in his first match by RafigHuseynov of Azerbaijan. Two months after the Olympics, he lost his bronze medal...
competed at the World Championships and lost to RafigHuseynov of Azerbaijan in quarterfinals, then Huseynov advanced further into the final match and Gonibov...