Namig Sevdimov (born November 23, 1981, in

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...

) is a male freestyle wrestler from

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

. He participated in Men's freestyle 55 kg at

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. He was ranked 4th-5th after losing the bronze medal fight against

Radoslav Velikov Radoslav Marinov Velikov ( bg, Радослав Маринов Великов; born 2 September 1983 in Kutsina, Veliko Tarnovo Province) is a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler. He has been engaged in wrestling since 1997 and he curren ...

External links

Wrestler bio on beijing2008.com
* Living people 1981 births Sportspeople from Baku Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers for Azerbaijan Azerbaijani male sport wrestlers 21st-century Azerbaijani people {{Azerbaijan-wrestling-bio-stub