Vugar Rahimov Explained

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Vugar Rahimov
Fullname:Vugar Hamidullovych Rahimov
Residence:Zaporizhia, Ukraine
Birth Date:5 February 1986
Birth Place:Baku, Azerbaijan SSR,
Soviet Union
Weight:600NaN0
Sport:Wrestling
Event:Greco-Roman
Club:Metallurg Zaporozhye
Coach:Evgeny Chertkov

Vugar Hamidullovych Rahimov (also Vyugar Ragymov, Ukrainian: Вьюгар Гамидуллович Рагімов; born February 5, 1986, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) is a Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler of Azerbaijani descent, who played for the men's featherweight category.[1] [2] He captured a silver medal for his division at the 2011 European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany, losing out to Armenia's Roman Amoyan.[3] Ragymov is currently a member of the wrestling team for Metallurg Zaporzhye in his current residence Zaporizhia, and is coached and trained by Evgeny Chertkov.[1]

Rakhimov represented Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed for the men's 55 kg class. He lost the qualifying round match to China's Li Shujin, with a three-set technical score (0–4, 2–0, 0–2), and a classification point score of 1–3.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vyugar Ragymov. London 2012. 7 February 2013. 1 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130401193728/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/ragymov-vyugar-1051036/. dead.
  2. Vyugar Ragymov. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001238/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/viugar-rahimov-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 7 February 2013.
  3. News: Abbott. Gary. Byers wins silver at Vantaa Cup in Finland; Tellgren, Kowalczuk place fifth. USA Wrestling. The Mat. 19 November 2011. 7 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120820172909/http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=24376. 20 August 2012. dead.
  4. Web site: Men's 55kg Greco-Roman Qualification. London 2012. 7 February 2013. 28 January 2013. https://archive.today/20130128081442/http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-55kg/match=wrm155514/index.html. dead.