Emin Aleksandr Guliyev (born October 8, 1975 in
Baku
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) is an Azerbaijani former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He represented
Azerbaijan
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in two editions of the
Olympic Games
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since the nation officiated its debut from the former
Soviet Union
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in 1996.
Guliyev made his official debut at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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in
Atlanta
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, where he competed only in the
50 m freestyle. Swimming in heat three, he rounded out the field to last place and fifty-ninth overall in 25.23.
At the
2000 Summer Olympics
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in
Sydney
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, Guliyev competed for the second time in the
50 m freestyle. He received a ticket from
FINA
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, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 24.00. He challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including fellow two-time Olympian
Howard Hinds
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of the Netherlands Antilles. He edged out Angola's 17-year-old João Aguiar to snatch a seventh spot by 0.34 of a second in 25.36. Guliyev failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixtieth overall in the prelims.
References
1975 births
Living people
Azerbaijani male freestyle swimmers
Olympic swimmers of Azerbaijan
Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Baku
20th-century Azerbaijani people
21st-century Azerbaijani people
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