Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Azerbaijan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AZE
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic
Website	www.noc-aze.org (in Azerbaijani and English)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	56 in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Teymur Mammadov (opening)[1] Haji Aliyev (closing)
Medals Ranked 39th	Gold 1 Silver 7 Bronze 10 Total 18
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
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The National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic fielded a team of 56 athletes, 42 men and 14 women, across 18 sports at the Games. Azerbaijan made its Olympic debut in four sports (archery, slalom canoeing, track cycling, and triathlon).[2] It was the nation's largest ever delegation sent to the Olympics in its independent history, beating the record of 53 athletes who attended the London Games four years earlier. More than 60 percent of the nation's roster were born outside of Azerbaijan; several of them hailed from Eastern Europe, particularly from Russia and Ukraine.[3] For the first time in history, Azerbaijan was not represented in the weightlifting, as the International Weightlifting Federation decided to strip of its quota places over "multiple positive cases" of doping.[4]

The Azerbaijani roster featured 36 rookies and 20 returning Olympians. Of the returnees, nine of them won Olympic medals in London, including defending wrestling champions Toghrul Asgarov and Sharif Sharifov, freestyle wrestlers Mariya Stadnik and Yuliya Ratkevich, four-time kayak sprint medalist Inna Osypenko-Radomska, who represented her native Ukraine at four previous editions (2000 to 2012) before transferring her allegiance to Azerbaijan in 2014, and boxers Magomedrasul Majidov (super heavyweight) and European Games champion Teymur Mammadov (light heavyweight), who was selected by the committee to lead the delegation as the flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1][5]

Azerbaijan left Rio de Janeiro with a total of 18 medals (1 gold, 7 silver, and 10 bronze), signifying the nation's most successful Olympic outcome in its independent history. Nine of these medals were distributed to the Azerbaijani team in wrestling, three in taekwondo for the first time, and two each in boxing, sprint canoeing, and judo. Among the nation's medalists were Stadnik, who managed to repeat her silver from London; Osypenko-Radomska, who extended her career haul with a bronze medal and fifth overall, and taekwondo fighter Radik Isayev (men's +80 kg), who secured Azerbaijan's only gold-medal triumph at the Games.[6]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Radik Isayev Taekwondo Men's +80 kg 20 August  Silver Rustam Orujov Judo Men's 73 kg 8 August  Silver Elmar Gasimov Judo Men's 100 kg 11 August  Silver Mariya Stadnik Wrestling Women's freestyle 48 kg 17 August  Silver Valentin Demyanenko Canoeing Men's C-1 200 m 18 August  Silver Toghrul Asgarov Wrestling Men's freestyle 65 kg 21 August  Silver Lorenzo Sotomayor Boxing Men's light welterweight 21 August  Silver Khetag Gazyumov Wrestling Men's freestyle 97 kg 21 August  Bronze Sabah Shariati Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg 15 August  Bronze Inna Osypenko-Radomska Canoeing Women's K-1 200 m 16 August  Bronze Rasul Chunayev Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg 16 August  Bronze Patimat Abakarova Taekwondo Women's 49 kg 17 August  Bronze Kamran Shakhsuvarly Boxing Men's middleweight 18 August  Bronze Nataliya Synyshyn Wrestling Women's freestyle 53 kg 18 August  Bronze Haji Aliyev Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 19 August  Bronze Jabrayil Hasanov Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 19 August  Bronze Milad Beigi Taekwondo Men's 80 kg 19 August  Bronze Sharif Sharifov Wrestling Men's freestyle 86 kg 20 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Taekwondo 1 0 2 3 Wrestling 0 3 6 9 Judo 0 2 0 2 Boxing 0 1 1 2 Canoeing 0 1 1 2 Total 1 7 10 18

Archery

One Azerbaijani archer has qualified for the women's individual recurve at the Olympics by securing one of three available Olympic spots at the 2016 European Championships in Nottingham, Great Britain, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport.[7]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Olga Senyuk	Women's individual	623	37	Cao H (CHN) L 1–7	Did not advance

Athletics

Kenyan-born Evans Kiplagat finished twenty-eighth in men's marathon.

Azerbaijani athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[8][9]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hayle Ibrahimov	Men's 5000 m	13:27.11	19	Did not advance
Evans Kiplagat	Men's marathon	N/A		2:15:31	28

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Nazim Babayev	Men's triple jump	16.38	25	Did not advance
Hanna Skydan	Women's hammer throw	70.09	13	Did not advance

Boxing

Azerbaijan has entered eleven boxers to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Parviz Baghirov was the only Azerbaijani boxer to be selected to the Olympic team with a top two finish of his respective division in the World Series of Boxing, while 2012 Olympian Elvin Mamishzada and Russian import Albert Selimov had secured their places at the 2015 World Championships.[10]

Five further boxers (Chalabiyev, Sotomayor, Abdullayev, Majidov, and Alekseevna) had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey.[11] Meanwhile, Kamran Shakhsuvarly, Youth Olympic light flyweight champion Rufat Huseynov, London 2012 bronze medalist Teymur Mammadov secured additional places on the Azerbaijani roster to complete the Olympic boxing lineup at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku.[12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rufat Huseynov	Light flyweight	Hamunyela (NAM) L 0–3	Did not advance
Elvin Mamishzada	Flyweight	Bye	Sattibayev (KAZ) W 3–0	Zoirov (UZB) L 0–3	Did not advance
Javid Chalabiyev	Bantamweight	Yeraliyev (KAZ) L 1–2	Did not advance
Albert Selimov	Lightweight	Bye	Joyce (IRL) W 3–0	Oumiha (FRA) L 0–3	Did not advance
Lorenzo Sotomayor	Light welterweight	Matviychuk (UKR) W 3–0	Amzile (FRA) W 2–1	Toledo (CUB) W 3–0	Harutyunyan (GER) W 3–0	Gaibnazarov (UZB) L 1-2
Parviz Baghirov	Welterweight	Bye	Cissokho (FRA) L 0–3	Did not advance
Kamran Shakhsuvarly	Middleweight	Zhao Mg (CHN) W 3–0	Chebotarev (RUS) W 2–1	Alimkhanuly (KAZ) W 2–1	López (CUB) L 0–3	Did not advance
Teymur Mammadov	Light heavyweight	Solonenko (UKR) W 3–0	Müllenberg (NED) W 3–0	Niyazymbetov (KAZ) L 0–3	Did not advance
Abdulkadir Abdullayev	Heavyweight	Bye	Omba-Biongolo (FRA) W TKO	Tulaganov (UZB) L 0–3	Did not advance
Magomedrasul Majidov	Super heavyweight	Arjaoui (MAR) W 3–0	Dychko (KAZ) L 0–3	Did not advance

Abdulkadir Abdullayev (blue) boxed against France's Paul Omba-Biongolo in men's heavyweight division.

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yana Alekseevna	Lightweight	Bye	Yin Jh (CHN) L 0–3	Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Azerbaijani canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.[13]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jure Meglič	Men's K-1	95.12	13	90.70	8	90.70	11 Q	145.00	14	Did not advance

Sprint

Azerbaijani canoeists has qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.[14]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Valentin Demyanenko	Men's C-1 200 m	39.749	1 Q	40.298	2 FA	39.493
Inna Osypenko-Radomska	Women's K-1 200 m	40.702	1 Q	39.803	1 FA	40.401
	Women's K-1 500 m	1:51.750	1 Q	1:57.627	2 FA	1:56.573	8

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Azerbaijan has qualified one rider in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of his top 200 individual ranking in the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.[15] One additional spot was awarded to the Azerbaijani cyclist in the women's road race by virtue of her top 100 individual placement in the 2016 UCI World Rankings.[16]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Maksym Averin	Men's road race	Did not finish
Olena Pavlukhina	Women's road race	3:59:05	35

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Azerbaijan has entered one rider to compete only in both women's sprint and keirin at the Olympics, by virtue of her final individual UCI Olympic rankings in those events.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Olga Ismayilova	Women's sprint	11.152 64.562	18 Q	James (GBR) L	Meares (AUS)  van Riessen (NED) L	Did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Olga Ismayilova	Women's keirin	4 R	4	Did not advance

Fencing

Azerbaijan has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. 2012 Olympian Sabina Mikina had claimed the sole Olympic spot as the winner of the women's sabre at the European Zonal Qualifier in Prague, Czech Republic.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sabina Mikina	Women's sabre	Bye	A Besbes (TUN) L 12–15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Oleg Stepko in the all-around final.

Azerbaijan has entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. 2012 Olympian Oleg Stepko had claimed an Olympic spot in the men's apparatus and all-around events at the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, while Petro Pakhnyuk did so at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.[17]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Petro Pakhnyuk	All-around	14.133	14.233	13.600	14.300	14.166	13.783	84.215	34	Did not advance
Oleg Stepko		13.900	14.975	14.033	14.400	15.300	13.600	86.208	20 Q	12.266	13.100	14.533	14.916	13.800	10.466	79.081	22

Rhythmic

Azerbaijan has qualified one rhythmic gymnast for the individual all-around by finishing in the top 15 at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[18]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Marina Durunda	Individual	17.466	17.466	17.683	17.733	70.348	8 Q	16.950	17.541	17.716	17.541	69.748	9

Judo

Azerbaijan has qualified a total of six judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games by virtue of their top 22 national finish for men in the IJF World Ranking List of 30 May 2016.[19]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Orkhan Safarov	Men's −60 kg	Bye	Postigos (PER) W 001–000	Bestaev (KGZ) W 110–000	Kitadai (BRA) W 100–000	Smetov (KAZ) L 000–010	Bye	Takato (JPN) L 000–000 S	5
Nijat Shikhalizade	Men's −66 kg	Bye	Uriarte (ESP) W 000–000 S	Basile (ITA) L 000–110	Did not advance
Rustam Orujov	Men's −73 kg	Bye	Khamza (KAZ) W 000–000 S	Bensted (AUS) W 100–000	Ungvári (HUN) W 010–000	Muki (ISR) W 001–000	Bye	Ono (JPN) L 000–110
Mammadali Mehdiyev	Men's −90 kg	Bye	Denisov (RUS) W 100–000	Camilo (BRA) W 011–001	Gwak D-h (KOR) L 000–100	Did not advance	Lkhagvasüren (MGL) L 000–001	Did not advance	7
Elmar Gasimov	Men's −100 kg	Bye	Khaibulaev (RUS) W 011–000	Bouyacoub (ALG) W 010–010 S	Darwish (EGY) W 100–000	Bloshenko (UKR) W 100–000	Bye	Krpálek (CZE) L 000–100
Ushangi Kokauri	Men's +100 kg	N/A	Ņikiforenko (LAT) W 111–000	Harasawa (JPN) L 000–100	Did not advance

Elmar Gasimov fought against Czech Republic's Lukáš Krpálek in the men's 100 kg final.

Rowing

Azerbaijan has qualified one boat in the men's double sculls for the Olympics at the 2015 FISA World Championships.[20]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aleksandar Aleksandrov Boris Yotov	Men's double sculls	6:40.52	2 SA/B	Bye		6:37.49	6 FB	7:24.03	12

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Azerbaijan has received an invitation from ISSF to send Ruslan Lunev in both the men's air and rapid fire pistol to the Olympics, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was met by 31 March 2016.[21][22]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ruslan Lunev	Men's 10 m air pistol	577	15	Did not advance
	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol	575	15	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Fatima Alkaramova swam in the women's 100 metre freestyle.

Azerbaijan has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[23][24]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Boris Kirillov	Men's 200 m backstroke	2:05.01	26	Did not advance
Fatima Alkaramova	Women's 100 m freestyle	59.41	41	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Milad Beigi (blue) and Mehdi Khodabakhshi

Azerbaijan entered a full squad of four athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Radik Isayev qualified automatically for the men's heavyweight category (+80 kg) by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.[25] European Games medalists Milad Beigi, Patimat Abakarova, and 2012 Olympian Farida Azizova secured the remaining spots on the Azerbaijani team by virtue of their top two finish respectively in the men's welterweight (80 kg), women's flyweight (49 kg) and women's welterweight category (67 kg) at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.[26]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Milad Beigi	Men's −80 kg	Coulibaly (MLI) W 13–6	Khodabakhshi (IRI) W 17–5 PTG	Muhammad (GBR) L 7–12	Bye	Paziński (POL) W 12–0 PTG
Radik Isayev	Men's +80 kg	Zhaparov (KAZ) W 11–2	Cha D-m (KOR) W 12–8	Cho (GBR) W 4–1	Bye	Issoufou (NIG) W 6–2
Patimat Abakarova	Women's −49 kg	Bogdanović (SRB) L 2–3	Did not advance		Wu Jy (CHN) W 4–3	Aziez (FRA) W 7–2
Farida Azizova	Women's −67 kg	McPherson (USA) W 6–5	Tursunkulova (UZB) W 5–1	Oh H-r (KOR) L 5–6	Bye	Gbagbi (CIV) L 1–7	5

Triathlon

Azerbaijan has entered one triathlete to compete at the Games, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport. Russian-born Rostyslav Pevtsov was ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes in the men's event based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of 15 May 2016.[27][28]

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Rostyslav Pevtsov	Men's	18:14	0:51	58:12	0:42	32:07	1:52:06	39

Wrestling

Azerbaijan has qualified a total of fourteen wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. Majority of Olympic berths were awarded to Azerbaijani wrestlers by virtue of their top six finish at the 2015 World Championships, while one of them had claimed an Olympic spot in men's freestyle 74 kg with a semifinal triumph at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament.[29][30]

Two further wrestlers had claimed the remaining Olympic slots to round out the Azerbaijani roster in separate World Qualification Tournaments; one of them in men's freestyle 57 kg at the initial meet in Ulaanbaatar, while the other in men's Greco-Roman 66 kg at the final meet in Istanbul.

Key:

• VT – Victory by Fall.
• PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
• ST – Technical superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Haji Aliyev	−57 kg	Bye	Yun J-s (KOR) W 4–1 ^SP	Khinchegashvili (GEO) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	Bye	Sanayev (KAZ) W 3–1 ^PP	Dubov (BUL) W 5–0 ^VT
Toghrul Asgarov	−65 kg	Bye	Kvyatkovskyy (UKR) W 4–1 ^SP	Molinaro (USA) W 4–0 ^ST	Chamizo (ITA) W 3–1 ^PP	Bye		Ramonov (RUS) L 0–4 ^ST
Jabrayil Hasanov	−74 kg	Bye	Izquierdo (COL) W 4–0 ^ST	Makarashvili (GEO) W 4–0 ^ST	Geduev (RUS) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye		Abdurakhmonov (UZB) W 3–1 ^PP
Sharif Sharifov	−86 kg	Bye	Bi Sf (CHN) W 4–0 ^ST	Baranowski (POL) W 3–0 ^PO	Sadulaev (RUS) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye		Ceballos (VEN) W 3–1 ^PP
Khetag Gazyumov	−97 kg	Baran (POL) W 3–0 ^PO	Yazdani (IRI) W 3–1 ^PP	Ibragimov (UZB) W 3–1 ^PP	Andriitsev (UKR) W 4–0 ^ST	Bye		Snyder (USA) L 1–3 ^PP
Jamaladdin Magomedov	−125 kg	Bye	Dlagnev (USA) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					12

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rovshan Bayramov	−59 kg	Bye	Rodríguez (VEN) W 4–0 ^ST	Thielke (USA) W 4–0 ^ST	Ota (JPN) L 0–5 ^VT	Bye		Berge (NOR) L 1–3 ^PP	5
Rasul Chunayev	−66 kg	Martínez (CUB) W 3–1 ^PP	Albiev (RUS) W 3–1 ^PP	Benaissa (ALG) W 4–1 ^SP	Arutyunyan (ARM) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye		Ryu H-s (KOR) W 4–0 ^ST
Elvin Mursaliyev	−75 kg	Fawzy (EGY) W 3–1 ^PP	Kartikov (KAZ) W 3–1 ^PP	Bácsi (HUN) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance				7
Saman Tahmasebi	−85 kg	Chakvetadze (RUS) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance			Akhlaghi (IRI) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		13
Sabah Shariati	−130 kg	Bye	Smith (USA) W 3–1 ^PP	Kayaalp (TUR) L 0–5 ^VT	Did not advance	Bye	Caraballo (VEN) W 3–0 ^PO	Popp (GER) W 5–0 ^VT

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mariya Stadnik	−48 kg	Bye	Bermúdez (ARG) W 4–0 ^ST	Matkowska (POL) W 4–0 ^ST	Yankova (BUL) W 5–0 ^VT	Bye		Tosaka (JPN) L 2–3 ^PP
Nataliya Synyshyn	−53 kg	Bye	Yoshida (JPN) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance		Bye	Sambou (SEN) W 3–0 ^PO	Argüello (VEN) W 3–1 ^PP
Yuliya Ratkevich	−58 kg	Bye	Herhel (UKR) W 3–1 ^PP	Renteria (COL) W 3–1 ^PP	Icho (JPN) L 0–4 ^ST	Bye		Amri (TUN) L 1–3 ^PP	5

• 
  Bronze medalist Haji Aliyev
• 
  Bronze medalist Jabrayil Hasanov
• 
  Silver medalist Khetag Gazyumov (left) and Reza Yazdani
• 
  Saman Tahmasebi fought against Iran's Habibollah Akhlaghi

See also

• Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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External links

• [AZE/summer/2016/ Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Olympics] at SR/Olympics