Namiq Sevdimov

Namiq Sevdimov (born October 22, 1983 in Baku , Azerbaijani SSR , Soviet Union ) is an Azerbaijani wrestler .

Career

Namiq Sevdimov started wrestling in 1993 at the age of 10. He starts exclusively in free style and belongs to the Customs Sport Club Dinamo Baku , where he is trained by Khosrov Jafarov. He is a sports student and, at a height of 1.60 meters, wrestles bantamweight, the weight class that has its weight limit at 55 kg.

At the beginning of his international career he had great success straight away as a junior (Cadets = age group up to the age of 16). He became Junior World Champion in 1999 in Łódź in the weight class up to 46 kg body weight and came a year later, in 2000, at the Junior European Championships in Bratislava behind Kamal Ustarchanow from Russia on the 2nd place.

From 2004 Namiq Sevdimov started at many world and European championships and always achieved good placements, although he should not succeed in winning any medals. His best results that he achieved were a 5th place at the 2005 European Championships in Varna and a 5th place at the 2009 World Championships in Herning / Denmark , both in the bantamweight category.

In 2008 Namiq Sevdimov was able to qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing . In Beijing he won the bantamweight over Yang Kyong-il from North Korea and Kim Hyo-sub from South Korea , but lost in the semifinals to Henry Cejudo from the United States and also lost the fight for an Olympic bronze medal against Radoslaw Velikow from Bulgaria . His 5th place is worth all honors.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
1999	1.	Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Łódź	up to 42 kg body weight	before Nuslan Amankossow, Kyrgyzstan a . Amiran Elbikadze, Georgia
2000	2.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Bratislava	up to 50 kg body weight	behind Kamal Ustarchanow, Russia , in front of Farih Yerli, Turkey u. Fekri Memisi, Macedonia
2001	5.	Junior World Championships in Tashkent	up to 50 kg body weight	behind Amiran Elbakidse, Mawlet Batirow , Russia, Ersin Cetin, Turkey a. Yaser Khalpour Alamdardehi, Iran
2003	6th	Junior World Championships in Istanbul	Bantam	behind Ersin Cetin, Adam Batirow , Russia, Juri Golub, Ukraine , Youssef Nokandeh Sharbati, Iran a. Takashi Adachi, Japan
2004	7th	EM in Ankara	Bantam	after a defeat against Amiran Kartanow , Greece a . a victory over Geworg Makarjan, Ukraine
2005	2.	Yasar Dogu Memorial in Ankara	Bantam	behind Tomohiro Matsunaga , Japan, in front of Tadhi Dadashi, Iran u. Asgerhan Novruzov, Azerbaijan
2005	5.	EM in Varna	Bantam	after a Sietg about Ramazan Demir, Turkey a. Losses against Ghenadie Tulbea , Moldova a . Aljaksandr Kantojeu , Russia
2005	3.	Universities World Cup in Izmir	Bantam	behind Bajaraagiin Naranbaatar , Mongolia a . Vahan Simonjan, Armenia , together with Yoo Hyun-jin, South Korea
2006	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Bantam	behind Dilschod Mansurow , Uzbekistan a . Radoslaw Welikow , Bulgaria , together with Samuel Henson , USA
2006	1.	Military World Cup in Baku	Bantam	before Khaled Al-Faraj, Syria, Zhang Lizhen, China a . Artur Mamadalijew, Russia
2007	3.	Kiev International	Bantam	behind Radoslaw Welikow u. Opan Sat , Russia, together with Mikhail Sakharov, Russia
2007	10.	EM in Sofia	Bantam	after a victory over Geworg Makarjan u. Defeats against Bessik Kuduchow , Russia a. Radoslav Velikov
2007	31.	World Cup in Baku	Bantam	after losing to Murad Ramazanow, Macedonia
2007	2.	Military World Cup in Hyderabad	Bantam	behind Albert Saritow, Russia, in front of Yom J., North Korea a. Damir Sakartinov, Uzbekistan
2008	2.	Alexander Medvedev Tournament in Minsk	Bantam	behind Ryswan Hadschyjeu , Belarus , in front of Alexander Lasita, Belarus u. Nariman Israpilov , Russia
2008	3.	Olympic qualification tournament in Martigny / Switzerland	Bantam	behind Radoslaw Welikow u. Kim Hyo-sub
2008	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Bantam	in front of Namig Abdullajew , Azerbaijan, Murat Genctürk, Turkey a. Radoslav Velikov
2008	5.	OS in Beijing	Bantam	after victories over Yang Kyong-il , North Korea a . Kim Hyo-sub , South Korea a . Defeats against Henry Cejudo , USA a. Radoslav Velikov
2009	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Bantam	before Yasuhiro Inaba , Japan a. Yaser Khalpour Alamdardehi
2009	5.	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	Bantam	with victory over Danny Felix, USA, defeat against Sezer Akgül , Turkey, victories over Urs Wild, Switzerland a. Kim Hyo-sub et al. a loss to Viktor Lebedev , Russia
2010	9.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Bantam	Winner: Shinichi Yumoto , Japan ahead of Nariman Israpilow , Bessarion Gotschaschwili , Georgia a. Angel Escobedo, USA

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, EM = European Championships
• Bantam weight = weight class up to 55 kg body weight

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig