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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]