Jamal Rahimov (born 16 September 1987 in Baku) is an

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i equestrian showjumper. He has represented

twice at the Olympic Games: in

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and

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Career

He started show jumping in 1998 in

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. He graduated from The Istanbul International Community School. He is the first showjumper to represent Azerbaijan in the equestrian events at the Olympic Games.

Personal life

He moved to Istanbul with his family, when he was three. He lives in

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. He is the grandson of

Hasan Hasanov Hasan Aziz oghlu Hasanov ( az, Həsən Əziz oğlu Həsənov / Һәсән Әзиз оғлу Һәсәнов, born 20 October 1940) is an Azerbaijani politician and diplomat. He served as Azerbaijan's last communist leader, as its Prime Minister o ...

, the former ambassador of Azerbaijan in Poland. He has a B.A. in Business Management from the

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. Rahimov fluently speaks Azerbaijani,

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, French,

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and Turkish. He has a good knowledge of

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and

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too.

Olympics 2008

At the 2008 Olympic Games Rahimov competed in the individual jumping. He ended at the second qualification round because he fell from his horse, Ionesco de Brekka who was bought by Rahimov for 1,96 mln euro.

Olympics 2012

At the 2012 Olympic Games Rahimov competed in the same event. He ended at the second qualification round too.

References

External links

Profile at sports-reference.com

Official site

Profile at ijrc.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rahimov, Jamal Azerbaijani male equestrians Olympic equestrians for Azerbaijan 1987 births Equestrians at the 2008 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Olympics Living people Sportspeople from Baku