Islam Abbasov

İslam Abbasov

Abbasov in 2024
Personal information
Full name	İslam Əzim oğlu Abbasov
Nationality	Azerbaijani
Born	(1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 29) Sumgait, Azerbaijan
Height	180 cm (5.9 ft; 71 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st)
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Representing  Azerbaijan European Championships 2019 Bucharest 87 kg 2020 Rome 87 kg 2022 Budapest 87 kg 2025 Bratislava 87 kg World Cup 2015 Tehran Team 2017 Abadan Team European Games 2019 Minsk 87 kg Islamic Solidarity Games 2017 Baku 85 kg World Military Championships 2016 Skopje 85 kg 2017 Klaipeda 85 kg 2018 Moscow 63 kg Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament 2022 Istanbul 87 kg 2017 Istanbul 85 kg 2018 Istanbul 87 kg Golden Grand Prix 2016 Baku 85 kg Grand Prix 2022 Rome 87 kg 2025 Zagreb 87 kg World U23 Championships 2018 Bucharest 87 kg European U23 Championship 2018 Istanbul 87 kg 2015 Walbrzych 85 kg World Juniors Championships 2014 Zagreb 84 kg 2015 Bahia 84 kg European Juniors Championships 2014 Katowice 84 kg 2015 Istanbul 84 kg 2016 Bucharest 84 kg World Cadets Championships 2012 Baku 76 kg 2013 Zrenjanin 76 kg European Cadets Championships 2013 Bar 76 kg

İslam Əzim oğlu Abbasov (born 24 March 1996) is an Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler.[1]

Wrestling career

In March 2021, he qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2][3][4] In June 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2021 Wladyslaw Pytlasinski Cup held in Warsaw, Poland.[5][6]

In 2022, he won the gold medal in his event at the Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[7] He won one of the bronze medals in the 87 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[8]

He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[9] He was eliminated in his first match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[9]

References

1. "Islam Abbasov (AZE)". International Wrestling Database.^[dead link]
2. Morgan, Liam (20 March 2021). "Russia and Georgia earn two Tokyo 2020 Greco-Roman quotas at Olympic qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
3. "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
4. "ABBASOV Islam". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
5. Rowbottom, Mike (13 June 2021). "Hosts win two golds on final night of UWW Poland Open". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
6. "2021 Poland Open Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
7. "2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
8. Pavitt, Michael (2 April 2022). "Kayaalp continues Greco-Roman domination at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
9. "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

External links

• Islam Abbasov at United World Wrestling
• Islam Abbasov at the International Wrestling Database
• Islam Abbasov at Olympics.com
• İslam Abbasov at Olympedia
• İslam Abbasov at Olympic.az (in Azerbaijani)
• u23-european-championships
• 1news.az