Vugar Rahimov
Vugar Hamidullovych Rahimov (also Vyugar Ragymov, Ukrainian: Вьюгар Гамидуллович Рагімов; born February 5, 1986 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) is a Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler of Azerbaijani descent, who played for the men's featherweight category.[1][2] He captured a silver medal for his division at the 2011 European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany, losing out to Armenia's Roman Amoyan.[3] Ragymov is currently a member of the wrestling team for Metallurg Zaporzhye in his current residence Zaporizhia, and is coached and trained by Evgeny Chertkov.[1]
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Full name | Vugar Hamidullovych Rahimov | |||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union | 5 February 1986|||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||
Club | Metallurg Zaporozhye[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Evgeny Chertkov[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rakhimov represented Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed for the men's 55 kg class. Unfortunately, he lost the qualifying round match to China's Li Shujin, with a three-set technical score (0–4, 2–0, 0–2), and a classification point score of 1–3.[4]
References
- "Vyugar Ragymov". London 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vyugar Ragymov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- Abbott, Gary (19 November 2011). "Byers wins silver at Vantaa Cup in Finland; Tellgren, Kowalczuk place fifth". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- "Men's 55kg Greco-Roman Qualification". London 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2013.