Namig Yadulla Abdullayev ( az, Namiq Abdullayev, born 4 January 1971) is a retired
Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler
Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...
, who won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as three gold medals at European championships and three silver medals at world championships.
[Namiq Abdullayev]
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A three-time Olympian, Abdullayev won the silver medal at the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
in the
52 kg category and the gold in the
55 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also competed 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), ...
, but was eliminated early.
Abdullayev retired in 2009.
He was one of the four winners of Young Lions of Azerbaijan 2022, and represented the country at the 2022 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
Personal life
Abdullayev is married and lives in Baku.
Azerbaijani Женился азербайджанский борец Намик Абдуллаев
(Wrestler Namig Abdullayev Getting Married). day.az. 28 October 2008 He is the brother of world champion wrestler Arif Abdullayev.[
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References
External links
Namig Abdullayev's profile
1971 births
Living people
Olympic wrestlers of Azerbaijan
Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Azerbaijani male sport wrestlers
Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Azerbaijan
Olympic silver medalists for Azerbaijan
Sportspeople from Baku
Olympic medalists in wrestling
World Wrestling Championships medalists
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
European Wrestling Champions
20th-century Azerbaijani people
21st-century Azerbaijani people
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