Elkhan Mammadov (born 26 February 1982,
Baku
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,
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,
USSR
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) is a retired
Azerbaijan
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judoka
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At the
2008 Summer Olympics
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he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the
90 kg competition after losing his fight to the upcoming gold medalist
Irakli Tsirekidze. At the
2012 Summer Olympics
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he was again knocked out by the eventual champion,
Song Dae-Nam
Song Dae-Nam (Hangul: 송대남; ; born 5 April 1979 in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do) is a former South Korean judoka.
Song rose to prominence when he won the gold medal in the middleweight division at the 2012 Olympics. He was then nominated as the ...
, this time in the second round.
Mammadov won the gold medal in 2013 at the
World Championships
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held in
Rio de Janeiro
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, defeating
Henk Grol
Hindrik Harmannus Arnoldus "Henk" Grol (born 14 April 1985 in Veendam) is a retired Dutch judoka.
Judo career
Grol competed in the 2007 European Judo Championships in Belgrade, Serbia in the men's under 90 kg, as a replacement for Mark Hui ...
, from
Netherlands
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, during the −100 kg final category.
Achievements
References
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1982 births
Living people
Azerbaijani male judoka
Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic judoka of Azerbaijan
World judo champions
Sportspeople from Baku
European Games competitors for Azerbaijan
Judoka at the 2015 European Games
Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in judo
20th-century Azerbaijani people
21st-century Azerbaijani people
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