Murad Mammadov Explained

Murad Mammadov
Birth Date:1995 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Sumgait, Azerbaijan
Country:Azerbaijan
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Event:Greco-Roman

Murad Mammadov (born 12 August 1995) is an Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a two-time medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and three-time medalist, including gold, at the European Wrestling Championships.[1] He represented Azerbaijan at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Career

In 2021, Mammadov won one of the bronze medals in the 60kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[2] [3]

Mammadov won one of the bronze medals in the 60kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[4] [5] A few months later, he won the gold medal in his event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[6] He won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[7]

Mammadov won the gold medal in the 63kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[8] In the final, he defeated Oleksandr Hrushyn of Ukraine.[8] He earned a quota place for Azerbaijan for the 2024 Summer Olympics at the World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[9]

Mammadov competed in the 60kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[10] He was eliminated in his first match by Raiber Rodríguez of Venezuela.[10]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2017Islamic Solidarity GamesBaku, Azerbaijan3rdGreco-Roman 59kg
2018European ChampionshipsKaspiysk, Russia2ndGreco-Roman 60kg
2021World ChampionshipsOslo, Norway3rdGreco-Roman 60kg
2022European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary3rdGreco-Roman 60kg
Islamic Solidarity GamesKonya, Turkey2ndGreco-Roman 60kg
2023World ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia2ndGreco-Roman 63kg
2024European ChampionshipsBucharest, Romania1stGreco-Roman 63kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MAMMADOV Murad profile page .
  2. News: Burke. Patrick. 9 October 2021. Olympic medallist Saravi one of two Iranian winners on penultimate day at UWW World Championships in Oslo. InsideTheGames.biz. 9 October 2021.
  3. Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114828/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf. 16 October 2021. 16 October 2021. United World Wrestling.
  4. News: Pavitt . Michael . 3 April 2022 . Turkish wrestlers earn Greco-Roman titles as European Championships conclude . . 4 April 2022.
  5. Web site: 2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220403191311/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 . 3 April 2022 . 3 April 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  6. Web site: Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220625194934/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW . 25 June 2022 . 25 June 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  7. Web site: 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220818181226/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-08/results_08_konya.pdf?VersionId=XCsODGzAzjjRhgEoc5SPJ7BmwV3S65G1 . 18 August 2022 . 20 August 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  8. Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240219213412/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM . 19 February 2024 . 19 February 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  9. Web site: 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf . 14 May 2024 . 14 May 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  10. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . 11 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.