Movlud Miraliyev (born 27 February 1974 in Kitob, Qashqadaryo Province, Uzbekistan) is an Azerbaijani retired

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of Turkish Meskhetian origin. Miraliyev finished in joint fifth place in the half-heavyweight (100 kg) division at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, having lost the bronze medal match to

Michael Jurack Michael Jurack (born 14 February 1979 in Straubing) is a German judoka. He won a bronze medal in the half-heavyweight (100 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί � ...

of Germany, however, he defeated Olympic Champion and three-time World Champion Kosei Inoue ura nage in the 3-th match. He won the Bronze Medal match against

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of Poland at the

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2008 Olympic Games in Beijing

After the defeat at the Bronze Medal match against Michael Jurack of Germany at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Miraliyev decides to return to the Olympics one more time. On the second match on mat 2 for the men under 100 kg, Miraliyev defeated Hassane Azzoun of Algeria by ippon. In the round of 16, the Azerbaijani fought against Levan Zhorzholiani of Georgia and won by Kata-gatame allowing him to step into the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, he came up against

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of Romania and won by earning a wazari using the

Kata Guruma is one of the traditional forty throws of judo as developed by Kano Jigoro. Kata guruma belongs to the third group of the traditional throwing list in the ''Gokyo no waza'' of the Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67 Throws of Kod ...

. After that victory, he advances to the semifinal one step closer to the finals. At the semifinals, it comes to him against Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar of Mongolia who defeated the top

s such as Olympic champion

Keiji Suzuki is a Japanese judoka. He won the Olympic gold medal in the heavyweight (+100 kg) division in 2004. He is also a two-time world champion. He is noted for being a remarkably small judoka in the heavyweight division; he also regularly com ...

of Japan. Throughout the round, no points have been scored. During the golden score round, the Mongolian scored a yuko which ended the match. Nevertheless, Miraliyev has a chance of winning a medal though it's not gold or silver. At the bronze medal match, it's the Azerbaijani judoka against

of Poland. About 5 seconds before the time ran out, Miraliyev scored a wazari. At the end, Movlud Miraliyev won the Bronze Medal Match under -100 kg. He's the second judoka of Azerbaijan who won an Olympic medal after Elnur Mammadli. Miraliyev retired from sports after the 2008 Olympics. In 2016 he became the assistant of Zayzenbaher, head coach of Azerbaijani national judo team.Azerbaijani judoka: 'Hallmark doesn't matter, if only get a medal in Rio'
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1974 births Living people Azerbaijani people of Turkish descent Meskhetian Turkish people Azerbaijani male judoka Olympic judoka for Azerbaijan Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Azerbaijan Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Uzbekistani people of Azerbaijani descent {{Azerbaijan-judo-bio-stub