Tarlan Karimov (born 14 September 1986,

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. He won a silver medal at the

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and reached the repêchage round of the

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, then beat Ahmed Awad, before losing to Sugoi Uriarte in the quarterfinals. Karimov qualified for the repechage, but lost in the first round of that to Paweł Zagrodnik.

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* * * Azerbaijani male judoka Living people Sportspeople from Sumgait 1986 births Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Azerbaijan European Games competitors for Azerbaijan Judoka at the 2015 European Games {{Azerbaijan-judo-bio-stub