Ramin Azizov (born 8 February 1988, in

Lankaran Lankaran ( az, Lənkəran, ) is a city in Azerbaijan, on the coast of the Caspian Sea, near the southern border with Iran. As of 2021, the city had a population of 89,300. It is next to, but independent of, Lankaran District. The city forms a dis ...

) is an

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 ...

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...

practitioner. He received a gold medal at the 2011 World Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament, held in his home country, and qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -80 kg division. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he won his first match against Steven López, before losing to Mauro Sarmiento in the quarterfinals.

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Azerbaijani male taekwondo practitioners 1988 births Living people People from Lankaran Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Azerbaijan Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics European Taekwondo Championships medalists World Taekwondo Championships medalists Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Azerbaijan Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in taekwondo 20th-century Azerbaijani people {{Azerbaijan-taekwondo-bio-stub