Elmar Gasimov ( az, Elmar Qasimov, born 2 November 1990) is an Azerbaijani judoka, who competes in the -100 kg division. He has competed at the

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and won a silver medal in 2016.Elmar Gasimov
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JudoInside.com He has also won a bronze at the 2017 World Championships, and a silver (

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) and two bronze medals (

and

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) at European level. He also won a gold medal at the 2009 European Youth Championship in Yerevan, after defeating Lukáš Krpálek in the final. He later lost to Krpálek in the finals of the 2014 European Championships and of the 2016 Olympics. Gasimov narrowly missed out on a second bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships, losing to Aaron Wolf with 33 seconds left in the bronze medal match. He began practising judo in 1999.

Biography

Elmar Gasimov was born on November 2, 1990, in Khirdalan,

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 t ...

. Elmar Gasimov has been doing sports since 2000.

Career

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Elmar Gasimov had his first success in 2007. He won a silver medal at the U-20 Azerbaijan Championship and a bronze medal at the U23 Azerbaijan Championship. In the same year, he was 3rd in the Azerbaijan Championship. In 2008 he already participated in international competitions. Elmar Gasimov placed 7th at the U-20 World Championship. After 1 year, in 2009, Elmar Gasimov became known in Azerbaijan. He won a gold medal at the European Youth Championship held in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, and the Azerbaijani National Anthem was played in his honor in Yerevan. Elmar Gasimov won a gold medal at the Tbilisi and Samsun Grand Prix in 2015, and a bronze medal at the Qingdao, Jeju and Tokyo Grand Prix. In the same year, he represented Azerbaijan at the 1st European Games. At the opening ceremony of these competitions, the flag bearer of Azerbaijan was Elmar Gasimov. Elmar Gasimov 100 kg. Failed in the weight category at the European Games. lost to Jorge Fonseca of Portugal by ippon in the 1/16 final. Elmar Gasimov placed 5th at the 2016 European Championships held in Kazan, Russia.

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* * * * 1990 births Living people People from Absheron District Azerbaijani male judoka Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Azerbaijan Olympic silver medalists for Azerbaijan Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2015 European Games Judoka at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in judo European Games bronze medalists for Azerbaijan {{Azerbaijan-judo-bio-stub