Rovshan Bayramov ( az, Rövşən Bayramov; born 7 May 1987,

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 ...

Azerbaijani SSR Azerbaijan ( az, Азәрбајҹан, Azərbaycan, italics=no), officially the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR; az, Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасы, Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist R ...

) is an Azerbaijani wrestler. He is a European and world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. Moreover, he is a two-time Olympic silver medalist. In the 2011 World Wrestling Championship held in Istanbul, he was a world champion adding a gold medal to the combination of the silver and bronze medals obtained in the previous world championships. In addition, Bayramov holds two European titles.

2008 Beijing Olympics

In the

2008 Beijing 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 Nat ...

, Bayramov successfully reached the final having beaten Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt),

Yagnier Hernández Yagnier Hernández (born May 14, 1983 in Camagüey) is an amateur Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's featherweight category. He won a gold medal for his division at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, defeatin ...

(Cuba),

Roman Amoyan Roman Amoyan ( hy, Ռոման Ամոյան, born 3 September 1983) is an Armenian retired Greco-Roman wrestler of Yazidi-Kurdish descent. He is an Olympic bronze medalist, three-time World Championships medalist, and two-time European Champion. A ...

(Armenia), but lost to

Nazyr Mankiev Nazyr Yunuzovich Mankiev (russian: Назир Юнузович Манкиев) (born January 27, 1985 in Surkhakhi, Ingushetia, Soviet Union) is an Ingush wrestler who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling. Res ...

from Russia.

2012 London Olympics

In the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

having beaten

Mingiyan Semenov Mingiyan Arturovich Semyonov (russian: Мингиян Артурович Семёнов, born 11 June 1990) is a Russian wrestler of Kalmyk descent, who won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (official ...

(Russia),

Spenser Mango Spenser Mango (born July 6, 1986) is an American Greco-Roman wrestler. He has represented the United States in numerous international competitions including the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 55 kg w ...

(USA),

Li Shujin Li Shujin (born August 1, 1982) is a male wrestler from China. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi- ...

(China) and

Choi Gyu-Jin Choi Gyu-Jin (최 규진, born June 28, 1985) is a male wrestler from South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing ...

(South Korea), Bayramov lost in the final against

Hamid Sourian Hamid Sourian Reihanpour ( fa, حمید سوریان ریحان‌پور; born 24 August 1985) is a retired Iranian wrestler. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Greco-Roman wrestlers of all time. Sourian is 2012 Summer Olympic games gol ...

(Iran) and obtained his second silver Olympic medal in a row.

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* * 1987 births Living people Azerbaijani male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Azerbaijan Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Azerbaijan Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists European Wrestling Championships medalists {{Azerbaijan-wrestling-bio-stub