Rafiq Husynov

Rafiq Hüseynov, 2015

Rafik Huseinow medal table
Wrestler
Azerbaijan
European Games
silver	2015 Baku	Welter
European Championship
gold	2011 Dortmund	Welter
bronze	2018 Kaspiisk	up to 82 kg
World military games
gold	2015 Mungyeong	up to 80 kg
Military World Championship
silver	2016 Skopje	up to 80 kg
bronze	2018 Moscow	up to 82 kg
Junior World Championship
bronze	2007 Beijing	Easy Juniors
bronze	2008 Istanbul	Easy Juniors
Junior European Championship
bronze	2004 Albena	up to 58 kg cadets
silver	2005 Tirana	up to 63 kg cadets
silver	2007 Belgrade	Easy Juniors
gold	2008 Košice	Welter Juniors

Rafiq Radik oğlu Hüseynov (born May 15, 1988 ) is an Azerbaijani wrestler . He was the 2011 European welterweight champion in the Greco-Roman style .

Career

Rafik Huseinow started wrestling as a teenager in 1996. His father Radik Huseinow has been his trainer since the beginning of his career. He is a member of the Azerbaijani Army and a member of Dinamo Baku . He wrestles only in the Greco-Roman style and starts as an adult at a height of 1.75 meters in welterweight, the weight class up to 75 kg body weight.

Rafik Huseinow began his international career at the age of 15 when he started in the 2003 Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Rostov-on-Don in the weight class up to 54 kg, although there he still had to make do with 11th place. Then he started at seven other international junior championships. He was most successful in 2007 and 2008. He was z. B. 2007 in Belgrade Vice European Champion of the age group Juniors in the lightweight and in the same year took 3rd place at the Junior World Championships in Beijing in the lightweight behind the Russian Ruslan Belcharojew and Aibek Jenekschanow from Kazakhstan . At the European Junior Championships in 2008 in Košice , he even won the welterweight title, ahead of Sergei Proskurow from Ukraine and Arsen Kachabrishvili from Georgia . At the Junior World Championship in Istanbul in 2008 he started again in the lightweight and came there after four wins and one defeat against Saeid Mourad Abdvali from Iran on the 3rd place.

At the world championship in Herning / Denmark he made his first start in an international championship among seniors. He played five good welterweight fights there, of which he won three. Against Mark Overgaard Madsen from Norway and against Farshad Alizadeh Kalehkeshi from Iran in the battle for the bronze medal , he lost and finished 5th. He also took the same place at the 2010 World Cup in Moscow . He also won three fights there and lost to the eventual world champion Selçuk Çebi from Turkey and in the fight for 3rd place against Emil Scharafedtinow from Russia.

At the 2011 European Championships in Dortmund , he made the big hit in the welterweight division. There he defeated Racardo Gil Sorli from Spain , the Olympic third from Beijing Christophe Guénot from France , Jure Kare from Slovenia , the 2009 and 2010 world champion Selcuk Cebi and Péter Bácsi from Hungary and became European champion . At this year's World Cup in Istanbul, he first won over Asisbek Murodow, Uzbekistan and Daniar Kobonow, Kyrgyzstan, but then lost to Neven Zugaj from Croatia, which eliminated him and only finished 13th. In 2012 Rafik Huseinow was not used at the European Championships and he could not qualify for participation in the Olympic Games in London.

In 2013 he was back at the European Championships, which took place in Tbilisi. But he lost his first fight there against the only 20-year-old German Pascal Eisele , was eliminated and only came in 18th place. At the World Championships this year in Budapest he had two notable victories in the weight class up to 74 kg over Viktor Nemes , Serbia and Neven Zugaj , Croatia, but then lost to Emrah Kus , Turkey, with which he was eliminated and ended up in 10th place.

At the 2014 European Championships in Vantaa, Finland, Rafik Huseinow lost in the weight class up to 80 kg in the qualification against Alexander Schischman from Ukraine and finished 12th in the final bill. He was not used at the World Cup this year.

In February 2015 he was part of the victorious Azerbaijani team at the Team World Cup in Tehran. In the weight class up to 80 kg he won over Lennie Persson, Sweden, Pascal Eisele, Germany, Habibollah Jomeh Akhlaghi , Iran and Evgeni Salejew , Russia. In June 2015 he started again at the European Games in Baku, in the weight class up to 80 kg. There he won over Michael Wagner, Austria, Daniel Alexandrow Tihomirow, Bulgaria and Selcuk Cebi , Turkey and was only defeated in the final against Evgeni Salejew. At the World Cup this year in Las Vegas in September, he met Yevgeny Saleev again in qualifying and lost this fight. Since Salejew did not reach the final, he was eliminated and only came in 19th place. A consolation for him was then certainly his title win at the World Military Games in Mungyeong, South Korea. In the final, he defeated it Yevgeny Saleev.

At the 2016 European Championships in Riga, Rafik Huseinow lost in the weight class up to 80 kg in the quarter-finals against Daniel Alexandrow Tihomirow and finished in 7th place in the final bill. Participation in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was out of the question for him, as the weight class up to 80 kg is not Olympic. He started for the military world championship in Skopje and won the silver medal there. In the final he lost to Pascal Eisele. In December 2016 he was also at the start of the world championships in the non-Olympic weight classes in Budapest. He won there over Axel Michel Bjurberg Kessidis, Sweden and then lost to Ramasan Abacharajew from Russia and came in 10th place.

In April 2018 Rafik Huseinow won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Kaspiisk in the new weight class up to 82 kg. He came in Kaspiisk to victories over Surabi Datunashvili , Georgia and Zarko Dickov, Serbia, interlaged in the semifinals against Wiktor Sasunowski from Belarus and secured this bronze medal by defeating Roland Schwarz from Germany. At the 2018 World Championships in Budapest, he reached 13th place in the weight class up to 82 kg after defeating Daniel Alexandrow Tihomirow and losing to Saeid Mourad Abdvali from Iran.

In April 2019 he competed in the same weight class at the European Championships in Bucharest. He lost there in the qualification against Peter Nagy from Hungary, was eliminated and came in 16th place.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
2003	11.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Rostov-on-Don	up to 54 kg body weight	Winner: Maxim Mordovin, Russia ahead of Dimitri Slatkin, Ukraine
2004	3.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Albena / Bulgaria	up to 58 kg body weight	behind Ruslan Belcharojew , Russia and Armen Melikjan, Armenia
2005	2.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Tirana	up to 63 kg body weight	behind Wladimir Lohoyda, Ukraine, in front of Giga Schapidze, Russia and Wassif Arzimanoglu, Turkey
2006	7th	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Szombathely	Light	Winner: Vladimir Lohoyda ahead of Alexander Chechirkin, Russia
2007	2.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Belgrade	Light	behind Aleksandar Maksimović , Serbia , ahead of Balint Korpasi, Hungary and Migran Arutjunjan, Russia
2007	3.	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Beijing	Light	behind Ruslan Belchorojew and Aibek Jenkschanow, Kazakhstan , together. with Kim Hyun-woo, South Korea
2008	7th	Fila Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Welter	Winner: Ilgar Abdulow , Azerbaijan ahead of Manuchar K Wirkwelia , Georgia
2008	1.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Košice	Welter	before Sergei Proskurow, Ukraine, Arsen Kachabraschwili, Georgia and Anthony Dizy, France
2008	3.	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Istanbul	Light	after victory over Reinier Lescuy, Cuba , defeat against Saeid Abdvali , Iran and victories over Lee Jeon-geuh, South Korea, Sharur Wardanjan , Sweden and Daniel Janecic, Croatia
2009	1.	Int. "Christo Lutte" tournament in Créteil	Welter	before Elvin Muralijew, Azerbaijan, Alain Hassli , France and Murat Argin, Switzerland
2009	2.	World Cup in Clermont-Ferrand	Welter	behind Alein Hassli, in front of Arsen Dschulfalakjan , Armenia and Roman Meljoschin, Kazakhstan
2009	1.	Fila Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Welter	before Jachangir Muminow, Uzbekistan , Renato Kun, Hungary and Gennady Gogishvili, Georgia
2009	5.	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	Welter	after victory over Juan Jose Ruiz, Spain , defeat against Mark Overgaard Madsen , Denmark, victories over Justin Harry Lester , USA and Henri Erko Välimäki, Finland and a defeat against Farshad Alizadeh Kalehkeshi , Iran
2010	2.	Vehbe Emre Memorial in Istanbul	Welter	behind Seref Tüfenk , Turkey, in front of Emrah Kus and Mehmedali Kusukosman, bde. Turkey
2010	20th	Fila Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Welter	Winner: Péter Bácsi , Hungary, ahead of Georgi Zirekidze, Georgia and Samurai Mustafejew, Azerbaijan
2010	5.	World Cup in Moscow	Welter	after victory over Robert Patrik Rosengren, Sweden, defeat against Selçuk Çebi , Turkey, victories over Angelo Mota, Brazil and Neven Zugaj , Croatia and a defeat against Emil Scharafedtinow , Russia
2011	1.	Vehbe Emre Memorial in Istanbul	Welter	in front of Aljaksandr Kikinjou , Belarus , Peter Bacsi and Maksat Jereschepow, Kazakhstan
2011	4th	World Cup in Minsk	Welter	behind Aljaksandr Kikinjou and Farshad Alizadeh Kalehkeshi
2011	1.	EM in Dortmund	Welter	after victories over Ricardo Gil Sorli, Spain, Christophe Guénot , France, Jure Kare, Slovenia , Selcuk Cebi and Peter Bacsi
2011	5.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Welter	behind Dimitri Pyschkow , Ukraine, Elwin Mursalijew , Azerbaijan, Neven Zugaj , Croatia and Bilan Nalgiew, Russia
2011	13.	World Cup in Istanbul	Welter	after victories over Asisbek Murodow, Uzbekistan and Daniar Kobonow, Kyrgyzstan and a defeat against Neven Zugaj
2011	2.	"Moscow Lights"	Welter	behind Alexander Chechirkin and Emil Sharafetsinow, both Russia
2012	7th	Golden Grand Prix in Istanbul	medium	Winner: Asamat Bikbajew, Russia ahead of Danial Gadschijew , Kazakhstan and Alan Chugajew , Russia
2012	14th	Olympic qualification tournament in Sofia	Welter	Winner: Zurab Datunashvili , Georgia ahead of Mark Overgaard Madsen , Denmark
2012	2.	World Cup in Saransk	Welter	behind Seref Tüfenk , Turkey, in front of Kim Hyeon-woo , South Korea and Doschan Kartikow, Kazakhstan
2012	2.	"Moscow Lights"	medium	behind Alexei Mishin , Russia, in front of Jan Belentschuk , Ukraine
2013	3.	World Cup in Tehran	medium	behind Selçuk Çebi , Turkey and Taleb Nariman Nematpour , Iran
2013	18th	EM in Tbilisi	Welter	after a loss to Pascal Eisele, Germany
2013	7th	"Wladyslaw-Pytlasinski" Memorial in Warsaw	up to 84 kg	Winner: Viktor Lörincz , Hungary ahead of Damian Janikowski , Poland
2013	10.	World Cup in Budapest	up to 74 kg	after victories over Viktor Nemes , Serbia and Neven Zugaj , Croatia and a defeat against Emrah Kus, Turkey
2013	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 74 kg	before Mark Overgaard Madsen, Denmark, Nikolai Daragan, Ukraine and Uschagi Tschitaschwili, Georgia
2014	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Szombathely	up to 74 kg	behind Habibollah Jomeh Akhlaghi and Youssef Ghaderian, both Iran, together with Peter Bácsi, Hungary
2014	12.	EM in Vantaa	up to 80 kg	after losing to Alexander Schischman, Ukraine
2014	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 75 kg	before Surabi Datunashvili , Georgia, Robert Rosengren, Sweden and Laszlo Szabo, Hungary
2015	2.	European Games in Baku	up to 80 kg	after victories over Michael Wagner, Austria, Daniel Alexandrow Tihomirow, Bulgaria and Selcuk Cebi, Turkey and a defeat against Jewgeni Salejew, Russia
2015	19th	World Cup in Las Vegas	up to 80 kg	after a loss to Yevgeny Saleiev
2015	1.	World Military Games in Mungyeong	up to 80 kg	before Yevgeny Saleev, Alexander Schischman and Sargis Kocharjan, Armenia
2015	2.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 80 kg	behind Lascha Gobadze, Georgia, in front of Aishan Aishan, China and Elwin Mursalijew, Azerbaijan
2016	7th	EM in Riga	up to 80 kg	after victories over Rafael Samurgachev, Macedonia and Pawel Pamintschuk, Belarus and a defeat against Daniel Alexandrow Tihomirow
2016	1.	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	up to 75 kg	in front of Tschingis Labasanow , Russia, Oldrich Varga, Czech Republic and Kim Jeon-hyeok , South Korea
2016	2.	Military World Cup in Skopje	up to 80 kg	behind Pascal Eisele, in front of Andrei Bielich, Ukraine and Imil Scharafedtinow, Russia
2016	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 80 kg	before Aslan Atem, Turkey, Carlos Andres Munoz Jaramillo, Colombia and Daniel Schachsilikow, Kazakhstan
2016	10.	World Cup in Budapest	up to 80 kg	after defeating Alex Michel Bjurberg Kessidis, Sweden and losing to Ramasan Abacharajew, Russia
2017	2.	Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku	up to 80 kg	behind Youssef Ghaderian, Iran, in front of Bachir Sid Azara, Algeria and Burhan Akbudak, Turkey
2018	1.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	up to 82 kg	in front of Surabi Datunashvili, Elwin Mursalijew and Radik Kulijew, Russia
2018	3.	EM in Kaspiisk	up to 82 kg	after victories over Surabi Datunashvili and Zarko Dickov, Serbia, a defeat against Wiktor Sasunowski and a victory over Roland Schwarz , Germany
2018	3.	Military World Cup in Moscow	up to 82 kg	behind Imil Sharafedtinow and Aschkat Dilmuchamedow, Kazakhstan, together with Eduard Sargsjan, Armenia
2018	9.	"Vehbe-Emre" & "Hamit-Kaplan" memorial in Istanbul	up to 82 kg	Winner: Lascha Gobadse before Emrah Kus
2018	3.	"Oleg Karavayev" Memorial in Minsk	up to 82 kg	behind Laszlo Szabo, Hungary and Gela Bolkwadze, Georgia
2018	13.	World Cup in Budapest	up to 82 kg	after defeating Daniel Alexandrow Tihomirow and losing to Saeid Mourad Abdvali, Iran
2019	3.	"Vehbe-Emre" & "Hamit-Kaplan" memorial in Istanbul	up to 82 kg	behind Wiktor Sasunowski, Belarus and Burhan Akbudak, Turkey, together with Saeid Mourad Abdvali
2019	16.	EM in Bucharest	up to 82 kg	after losing to Peter Nagy, Hungary
2019	2.	"Givi-Kartozija" & "Vakhtang-Balawadze" Memorial in Tbilisi	up to 82 kg	behind Aivengo Rikadze, Georgia, in front of Elwin Mursalijew and Maksim Manukjan , Armenia

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Lightweight, weight class up to 66 kg, welter weight, up to 74 kg body weight; on January 1, 2014 and January 1, 2018, new classifications of the weight classes by the World Wrestling Association UWW came into force, which make it impossible to designate these classes by name

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Rafiq Hüseynov at the Institute for Applied Training Science