Rafig Huseynov Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Huseynov Rafig on Olympics.com . Olympics.com . 4 August 2021 . 18 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210718142910/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/wrestling/athlete-profile-n1433016-huseynov-rafig.htm . dead.
  2. Web site: Rafig Huseynov . The-Sports.org . 7 February 2013 . 16 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220816132724/https://www.the-sports.org/rafig-huseynov-greco-roman-wrestling-spf138225.html . live.
  3. Web site: European Championship 2011-04-02 Dortmund (GER) 74.0 kg . iat.uni-leipzig.de . 2 April 2011 . 2011-04-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110411075148/http://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?wkid=054289E80498456180F566CDA30F8733&gkl=4 . live.
  4. News: Shefferd . Neil . 8 May 2021 . Armenia and Romania book multiple Tokyo 2020 places at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier . InsideTheGames.biz . 8 May 2021 . 8 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210508224252/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1107558/uww-greco-roman-qualifying . live.
  5. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . 7 August 2021 . 8 August 2021 . Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  6. Web site: October 8, 2021 . Huseynov among Greco-Roman finals winners at UWW World Championships in Oslo . 2022-05-11 . www.insidethegames.biz . 2021-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211008203516/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1113977/rafig-huseynov-uww-world-wrestling . live.
  7. Web site: Рафик Гусейнов стал чемпионом мира . 2022-05-11 . www.azerisport.com . ru . 2022-08-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220816132728/https://www.azerisport.com/wrestling/20211008001959540.html . live.
  8. Web site: Рафик Гусейнов стал трехкратным чемпионом Европы . 2022-05-11 . Информационное Агентство Репорт . 3 April 2022 . ru . 2022-08-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220816132728/https://report.az/ru/individual-nye/che-azerbajdzhanskij-borec-greko-rimskogo-stilya-zavoeval-shestuyu-medal/ . live.
  9. Web site: Azerbaijani Greco-Roman Wrestlers Make History in Europe . 2022-05-11 . caspiannews.com . en . 2022-08-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220816132728/https://caspiannews.com/news-detail/azerbaijani-greco-roman-wrestlers-make-history-in-europe-2022-4-4-0/ . live.
  10. Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.

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