Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	AZE
Npcname:	National Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan Republic
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2020
Location:	Tokyo
Competitors:	36
Sports:	6
Rank:	10
Gold:	14
Silver:	1
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1996
See also:	(1960–1988) (1992)

Azerbaijan competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.^{[1] [2]}

The team won 14 gold medals and 19 medals overall, beating their previous best of 4 golds and 12 medals in London 2012 and overall medal of 9 gold.

Medalists

See main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				27 August
				27 August
				27 August
				28 August
				28 August
				28 August
				28 August
				29 August
				29 August
				31 August
				1 September
				4 September
				31 August
				26 August
				27 August
				27 August
				30 August

Competitors

width=20		width=120	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total	width=55	Events
1		9	3	bgcolor=silver	12	16
2		6	5	bgcolor=silver	11	11
3		4	0	bgcolor=silver	4	4
4		1	1	bgcolor=silver	2	5
5		2	1	bgcolor=silver	3	7
6		2	2	bgcolor=silver	4	4
Total		24	12	36	47

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. 12 Azerbaijani athlete in 16 events such as Kamil Aliyev (Long Jump T12), Olokhan Musayev (Discus Throw F56) & Samir Nabiyev (Shot Put F57) successfully to break through the qualifications for the 2020 Paralympics after breaking the qualification limit.^{[3] [4]}

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Men's Track
align=left rowspan=2	Elmir Jabrayilov	100m T13		-	Did not advance
400m T13	52.17	12	Did not advance
Men's Field
Kamil Aliyev	Long jump T12	6.89	5
Orkhan Aslanov	Long jump T13	7.36
Elvin Astanov	Shot put F53	8.77
Orkhan Gasimov	Javelin throw F13	58.96	5
Hamed Heidari	Javelin throw F57	51.42 ,
align=left rowspan=2	Olokhan Musayev	Shot put F55	11.89	5
Discus throw F56	37.92	7
Samir Nabiyev	Shot put F57	13.12	7
Said Najafzade	Long jump T12	7.03
Women's Track
Elena Chebanu	100m T13	12.16	3	12.41	7
align=left rowspan=2	Iuliia Ianovskaia	100m T13	12.41	8	12.30	4
400m T13	56.55	2	57.18	5
align=left rowspan=2	Lamiya Valiyeva	100m T13	12.09	2	11.99
400m T13	55.71	2	55.00

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Men
Vugar Shirinli	−60 kg		W 10s1–0s2	W 1s1–0	W 10–1s2
Namig Abasli	−66 kg		L 0s2–1	Did not advance	W 10–0	W 1s1–0	W 1s2–0s1
Ramil Gasimov	−73 kg	L	Did not advance
Huseyn Rahimli	−81 kg		W 11s1–0	W 10–0s1	W 10–1s2
Kanan Abdullakhanli	−100 kg	L 0s1–10s2	Did not advance
Ilham Zakiyev	+100 kg	W 1s2–0s1	L 0s2–1s2	Did not advance		W 10–0s1	W
Women
Shahana Hajiyeva	−48 kg		W 10–0	W 10–0	W 10s1–1
Basti Safarova	−52 kg		L 0s3–10s2	Did not advance		L 0–10	Did not advance
Sevda Valiyeva	−57 kg		W 10–0	W 10s1–0	W 1–0s2
Khanim Huseynova	−63 kg		W 10s1–0s1	W 1s1–0	W 1–0
Dursadaf Karimova	+70 kg		W 10–0	W 11s2–1s1	W 10s1–0s2

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Parvin Mammadov	Men's −49 kg	156
Nurlan Babajanov	Men's −97 kg	185	7
Elshan Huseynov	Men's −107 kg
Shamo Aslanov	Men's +107 kg

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Azerbaijan entered one athletes into the Paralympic competition. Kamran Zeynalov successfully break the Paralympic qualification at the 2019 WSPS World Championships which was held in Sydney, Australia.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Yelena Taranova	Women's P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1	538	16	Did not advance
Mixed P3 – 25 m pistol SH1	516	29	Did not advance
Mixed P4 – 50 m pistol SH1	503	29	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Kamran Zeynalov	Men's P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1	543	23	Did not advance
Mixed P4 – 50 m pistol SH1	518	20	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Three Azerbaijani swimmer has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the 2019 World Championship & MQS.^{[6] [7]}

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Men
align=left rowspan=2	Vali Israfilov	100m breaststroke SB12	1:04.86
100m butterfly S12	1:10.59	10	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=4	Raman Salei	50m freestyle S13	23.98	3	23.85	4
100m freestyle S12	53.89	2	52.69
100m backstroke S12	1:00:30
100m butterfly S12	58.99	1	57.81
Women
Dana Shandibina	100m breaststroke SB13	1:24.51	11	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Azerbaijan qualified four athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. All of them confirmed to compete at the games by winning the gold medal at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[8]

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Men
Imamaddin Khalilov	Men's –61 kg	L 19–25	Did not advance		W 20–15	L 26–29	Did not advance	7
Abulfaz Abuzarli	Men's –75 kg	W	L 5–38	Did not advance	W 60–36	L 32–46	Did not advance	7
Women
Royala Fataliyeva	Women's –49 kg	L 4–17	Did not advance		W	L 20–26	Did not advance	7
Aynur Mammadova	Women's +58 kg		Did not advance

See also

• Azerbaijan at the Paralympics
• Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Paralympic Competition Schedule. 16 June 2019. tokyo2020.org.
2. News: Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021. BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. 30 March 2020.
3. Web site: 2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide. 17 November 2020. International Paralympic Committee.
4. Web site: Para Athletics (Formerly IPC Athletics) News & Events. Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
5. Web site: 2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide. 17 November 2020. International Paralympic Committee.
6. Web site: Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. 24 April 2020. International Paralympic Committee.
7. Web site: 2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide. 17 November 2020. International Paralympic Committee.
8. Web site: 9 May 2021. Medallist by Weight Category - European Qualification Tournament. live. 2021-05-10 . World Taekwondo Europe. https://web.archive.org/web/20210510141401/https://worldtaekwondoeurope.org/files/European_Qualification_Tournament_Paralympic_Games_Tokyo_2020_Medalists_by_weigh_Category.pdf .