Ilgar Abdulov ( az, İlqar Abdulov; born May 12, 1981, in
Baku
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) is an amateur Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's super heavyweight category. He is a member of Neftçi Wrestling Club in Baku, and is coached and trained by Bakhram Milbatov.
Abdulov represented his nation
Azerbaijan
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, where he competed for the
men's 74 kg class. He first defeated Turkey's Şeref Tüfenk in the qualifying round, before losing out his next match to Russian wrestler and former Olympic champion
Varteres Samurgashev
Varteres Varteresovich Samurgashev ( hy, Վարդերես Սամուրղաշև, russian: Вартерес Вартересович Самургашев, born 13 September 1979) is an Armenian-Russian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a two-time Europe ...
, who pinned him in the first period.
References
External links
Profile – International Wrestling Database
Azerbaijani male sport wrestlers
1981 births
Living people
Olympic wrestlers for Azerbaijan
Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sport wrestlers from Baku
21st-century Azerbaijani sportspeople
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