Namiq Abdullayev

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Namiq Abdullayev was immortalized on an Azerbaijani postage stamp after his Olympic victory

Namiq Yadulla oğlu Abdullayev ( Russian: Намик Ядулла оглы Абдуллаев Namik Jadulla ogly Abdullajew , born January 4, 1971 in Baku , Soviet Union ) is a former Azerbaijani wrestler . He became a free style Olympic flyweight champion in 2000 .

Career

Namiq Abdullayev began wrestling as a teenager in 1983 in his hometown of Baku. He focused on the free style. His first coach was his brother Arif Abdullayev . At the age of 18 he did his military service and then joined the police. During the Soviet era he was a member of Dinamo Baku , then Neftçi Petrol Baku . There Wahid Mamedow became his trainer. He made his first international start in 1991 for the Soviet Union. From 1993 he started for Azerbaijan, which after the collapse of the Soviet Union provided independent teams at the international championships. Namiq Abdullayev has the rank of lieutenant colonel in the police force, but he also holds a physical education teacher diploma. At all international championships in which he participated, he wrestled in free style until 2001 in flyweight, then in bantamweight.

His first start at an international championship was at the Junior World Championship (Espoirs). He took 3rd place behind Kim Il from North Korea and Park Young-man, South Korea . At the European Championships in 1994, Namiq Abdullayev started for Azerbaijan for the first time in an international championship. In Rome he shone straight away and was European champion ahead of Iwan Zonow from Bulgaria and Sergei Sambalow from Russia . At the 1994 World Cup in Istanbul he fought his way to the final, where he met Valentin Jordanow from Bulgaria , who had not participated in the 1994 European Championship. He lost against Jordanow just on points and became vice world champion .

In 1995 Namiq Abdullayev was able to defend the European championship title won in 1994 in Friborg in Üechtland / Switzerland . There he defeated Chechen-ool Mongusch from Russia, Christophe Bahuet from France , Pascal Jungo from Switzerland, Iwan Zonow and Metin Topaktaş from Turkey . At the first ever military world games in Rome , in which 91 nations took part, he came in flyweight behind the North Korean Jin Ju-dong in 2nd place. At the World Championships this year in Atlanta , however, he just missed the medal ranks with a 4th place behind Valentin Jordanow, Gholamreza Mohammadi , Iran and Zeke Jones , USA .

In 1996 he lost at the European Championships in Budapest in the semi-finals against the Ukrainian Volodymyr Tohusow with 1: 3 points just under points. Because of this, he took 3rd place behind Toguzov and Ivan Zonov. He was in great shape at the Atlanta Olympics that year. He won his first four fights, with Gholamreza Mohammadi even after 2:16 minutes in the semifinals. In the final he met Valentin Jordanow, the seven-time world championship | world champion, who, however, had not yet achieved an Olympic victory. Namiq Abdullayev delivered Jordanow an even fight, which was 3: 3 at the end of the five-minute fight time. In the subsequent extra time there was a fight scene in which both wrestlers came close to a rating. To the annoyance of Namiq Abdullayev, only Valentin Jordanow got a 1, so that he won the fight with 4: 3 points. A subsequent protest by his team management was rejected. Jordanow was still Olympic champion and Namiq Abdullayev received the silver medal .

At the 1997 European Championships in Warsaw , Namiq Abdullayev faced the Ukrainian Oleksandr Sakharjuk in the final . Within the fighting time of 8 minutes, none of the wrestlers could achieve a rating, so that the jury had to make a decision. It decided against Abdullaev, who, according to many experts, was actually the more active wrestler. He had to be content with the runner-up European title. At the World Cup this year in Krasnoyarsk he lost in the third fight against Gholamreza Mohammadi, had to retire and only reached 8th place.

At the European Championships in Budapest in 1998 Namiq Abdullayev u. a. to a victory over Iwan Zonow, but he lost again against Oleksandr Sacharjuk and also against Amiran Kartanow from Greece and therefore only came in 10th place. At this year's World Cup in Tehran , however, he was more successful again. He came to three wins there, but surprisingly lost in the final against the American Samuel Henson with 1: 3 points and finished second.

1999 was a year of crisis for Namiq Abdullayev. He came at the European Championships in Minsk after a defeat against Armen Simonjan from Armenia only to a victory over Leonid Tschuchunow from Russia, which was only enough for 13th place. He fared even worse at the World Cup in Ankara . He lost there against Mäulen Mamyrow from Kazakhstan and against Kim Woo-yong from South Korea and ended up in 28th place. The bad consequence of this placement was that he had not qualified for participation in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney . Therefore, at the beginning of 2000 he had to contest three difficult qualifying tournaments for these games in Minsk, Leipzig and Tokyo . In Leipzig and Tokyo, he took second place, which earned him the right to participate in Sydney. Obviously, these difficult tournaments had put Namiq Abdullayev in such shape that he himself won over Jin Ju-dong, Martin Liddle , New Zealand , Amiran Kartanow and Samuel Henson (4: 3 points) at the 2000 Olympic Games , making him Olympic champion .

In 2001 he took a break. In 2002, however, he was back at the world championship , where a new weight classification was applied for the first time, in the bantamweight division. He reached the final there with four wins, but lost to the Cuban René Montero with 1: 4 points and became vice world champion. In 2003 he won his last title. He became the European bantamweight champion in Riga and defeated the new Russian star Mawlet Batirow 3-2 in the semi-finals . In the final he won over Amiran Kartanow with 3: 1 points. At the 2003 World Cup in New York , he lost to Stephen Abas from the United States and Mawlet Batirow, which resulted in his early departure.

In 2004, Namiq Abdullayev took part in the Olympic Games for the third time . In Athens he was no longer successful, because he lost his first fight there against the Japanese Chikara Tanabe and came in 14th place.

At the European Championships in Moscow in 2006 , Namiq Abdullayev won another medal. He faced his feared opponent Oleksandr Sacharjuk in the final and lost against him on points. But at the age of 35 he was runner-up in Europe again. At the 2007 World Cup in Baku, he was unable to win another medal. After a victory over Shane Parker from Australia he lost there against Yang Kyong-il from North Korea and only came in 15th place.

International success

year space competition Weight class Result
1991 3. Junior World Championships (Espoirs) Half flying behind Kim Il-ong , North Korea a . Park Young-man, South Korea
1994 1. EM in Rome To fly before Iwan Zonow , Bulgaria , Sergei Sambalow , Russia , Constantin Corduneanu, Romania a . Volker Anger , Germany
1994 2. World Cup in Istanbul To fly behind Valentin Jordanow , Bulgaria, in front of Gholamreza Mohammadi , Iran , Ahmet Örel, Turkey u. Nurdin Donbajew, Kyrgyzstan
1995 1. EM in Freiburg in Üechtland / Switzerland To fly with victories over Chechen-ool Mongusch , Russia, Christophe Bahuet, France , Pascal Jungo, Switzerland, Iwan Zonow and others. Metin Topaktaş , Turkey
1995 2. Military World Cup in Rome To fly behind Jin Ju-dong, North Korea, in front of Sayid Kolivand, Iran, Pjotr ​​Umachanow, Russia u. Wahan Margarjan , Armenia
1995 4th World Cup in Atlanta To fly behind Valentin Jordanow, Gholamreza Mohammadi u. Zeke Jones , USA , ahead of Vladimir Torgowkin, Kyrgyzstan
1996 3. EM in Budapest To fly behind Wolodymyr Tohusow , Ukraine a . Iwan Zonow, before Ahmet Örel a. Constantin Corduneanu
1996 silver OS in Atlanta To fly after victories over Lou Rosselli, USA, Hideo Sasayama, Japan, Adhamjon Achilov , Uzbekistan a . Gholamreza Mohammadi et al. a defeat against Valentin Jordanow (3: 4 points)
1997 2. EM in Warsaw To fly behind Oleksandr Sacharjuk , Ukraine, in front of Mevlona Kulaç, Turkey, Armen Simonjan , Armenia u. Maxim Molonov , Russia
1997 8th. World Cup in Krasnoyarsk To fly Winner: Wilfredo García , Cuba ahead of Jin Ju-dong a. Mouth Mamyrow , Kazakhstan
1998 10. EM in Bratislava To fly after victory over David Legrand, France, defeat against Oleksandr Sacharjuk, victory over Iwan Zonow a. Losing to Amiran Kartanow , Greece
1998 2. World Cup in Tehran To fly after victory over Tümendembereliin Dsüünbajan , Mongolia , Gholamreza Mohammadi u. Armen Simonjan u. Losing to Samuel Henson , USA
1999 13. EM in Minsk To fly after defeating Armen Simonjan u. Loss to Leonid Chuchunov , Russia
1999 28. World Cup in Ankara To fly after defeats against Mäulen Mamyrow u. Kim Woo-yong , South Korea
2000 12. Olympic qualification tournament in Minsk To fly Winner: Samuel Henson ahead of Haibo Meng , China a . Herman Kantojeu , Belarus
2000 2. Olympic qualification tournament in Leipzig To fly behind Herman Kantojeu, in front of Nurdin Donbajew a. Chikara Tanabe , Japan
2000 2. Olympic qualification tournament in Tokyo To fly behind Chikara Tanabe, in front of Wassili Zeiher , Germany, Nurdin Donbajew u. Amiran Kartanov
2000 gold OS in Sydney To fly with victories over Jin Ju-dong , Martin Liddle, New Zealand , Amiran Kartanow u. Samuel Henson
2002 2. World Cup in Tehran Bantam after victories over Rowschan Seidow, Turkmenistan , Kumar K., India , Tümendembereliin Dsüünbajan u. Adhamjon Achilov et al. one loss to René Montero , Cuba
2003 1. EM in Riga Bantam after victories over Anwar Berguiga, France, Iwan Welkow Djorew , Bulgaria, Mawlet Batirow , Russia a. Amiran Kartanov
2003 28. World Cup in New York City Bantam after losing to Stephen Abas , USA a. Mawlet Batirov
2004 4th Olympic qualification tournament in Bratislava Bantam behind René Montero, Herman Kantojeu u. Martin Berberjan, Armenia
2004 14th OS in Athens Bantam after losing to Chikara Tanabe u. Victory over Yogeshwar Dutt, India
2005 5. World Cup in Budapest Bantam after victories over Roman Kollar, Slovakia, Zsolt Bánkuti, Hungary a. Selimchan Kurujew, Russia a. Defeats against Radoslaw Welikow , Bulgaria a. Jon Hyon-guk , North Korea
2006 2. EM in Moscow Bantam after victories over Amiran Kartanow, Krassimir Krastanow, Bulgaria a. Uladsislau Andrejeu, Belarus u. a loss to Oleksandr Sakharuk
2006 5. Golden Grand Prix in Tashkent Bantam behind Samuel Henson, Dilshod Mansurov , Uzbekistan, Yasuhiro Inaba , Japan a. Adhamjon Achilov
2007 15th World Cup in Baku Bantam after defeating Shane Parker, Australia a . Lost to Yang Kyong-il , North Korea
2008 2. Golden Grand Prix in Baku Bantam behind Namiq Sevdimov , Azerbaijan , in front of Murat Gençtürk, Turkey a. Radoslav Velikov

Explanations

  • all free style competitions
  • OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
  • Fly weight, until 1996 up to 52 kg, from 1997 to 2001 up to 54 kg, bantam weight, since 2002 up to 55 kg body weight

swell

  • Trade journal Der Ringer
  • Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
  • Website "www.vatan.org.ru"

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