Tofig Mammadov ( az, Məmmədov Tofiq Faiq oğlu, born 10 March 1980,

Sumgayit Sumgait (; az, Sumqayıt, ) is a city in Azerbaijan, located near the Caspian Sea, on the Absheron Peninsula, about away from the capital Baku. The city has a population of around 345,300, making it the second largest city in Azerbaijan after Bak ...

) is an Azerbaijani athlete who competes in the ''under 90 kg'' category; he was a silver medalist in the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

. He competed in the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

and was the World and European champion in 2011.

Life

Tofig Mammadov was born on 10 March 1980] in

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

. He began training at a local judo school in Sumgayit at an early age. He won the

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

held in Brommat, France in 2006. Mammadov was a gold medalist at the European championship held 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 ...

in 2007. He came in third and won the bronze medal at the

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held in Brazil in 2007. He won a silver medal at the

Summer Paralympics The Summer Paralympics also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral ...

held in Beijing, China in 2008. In 2009, he competed at the European championship held in

Debrecen Debrecen ( , is Hungary's second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the largest Hungarian city in the 18th century and i ...

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and was a silver medalist. He won a

at the

held in

Antalya Antalya () is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, fifth-most populous city in Turkey as well as the capital of Antalya Province. Located on Anatolia's southwest coast bordered by the Taurus Mountains, Antalya is the largest Turkish cit ...

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in 2011. He also participated in the

held in London in 2012. Mammadov was awarded the

Taraggi The Taraggi Medal ("Progress Medal"; az, "Tərəqqi" medalı) – is the state award of Azerbaijan Republic. The award was created by Heydar Aliyev, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, on December 6, 1993 by the Decree No. 758. Status ...

(''Progress'') medal by the

President of Azerbaijan The president of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the head of state of Azerbaijan. The Constitution states that the president is the embodiment of executive power, commander-in-chief, "representative of Azerbaijan in home and foreign policies", ...

in 2011 for his contribution to the Paralympic Movement in Azerbaijan. He was granted the Honorary diploma of the President award in 2016 for his service in developing the Paralympic Movement in Azerbaijan.Награждены лица, имеющие заслуги в развитии паралимпийского движения в Азербайджане
/ref> His personal trainer was Ibrahim Ibrahimov.

Awards

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mammadov, Tofig 1980 births Living people Azerbaijani male judoka Judoka at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic judoka of Azerbaijan Sportspeople with a vision impairment Paralympic bronze medalists for Azerbaijan Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics People from Sumgait Paralympic medalists in judo 20th-century Azerbaijani people 21st-century Azerbaijani people