Vitali Rhimov

Vitali Rhimov

Vitali Rəhimov (born August 27, 1984 in Meghri ) is an Azerbaijani wrestler .

Career

Vitali Rəhimov started wrestling in 1994. He focuses on the Greco-Roman style and belongs to the sports club Neftchi Baku . Since the beginning of his wrestling career he has been trained by Wagib Fesulajew. At a height of 1.66 meters, he started out in featherweight and has been wrestling with lightweight since 2010 . He is a PE teacher.

Vitaly Rahimov's international career began in 2001, when he became Junior European Champion (Cadet) in the weight class up to 54 kg in Izmir . At the European Junior Championships in 2002 in Subotica he came in bantamweight only on the 7th place and also at the Junior World Championships 2003 in Istanbul he was far away from the medal ranks with a 9th place.

In 2004 he was able to qualify with a 4th place in the featherweight for the Olympic Games in Athens in his first assignment with the seniors, the Olympic qualification tournament in Tashkent . At the European Championships in 2004, which took place in Haparanda before these games , he lost his first fight against Lasha Lomadze from Georgia and was then only able to achieve 11th place with a victory over Thomas Kathan from Austria . At the Olympic Games in Athens he defeated the 1996 Olympic champion Włodzimierz Zawadzki from Poland , but then lost to Jung Ji-hyun from South Korea , which meant he was eliminated and only finished in 14th place.

In 2005 Vitali Rəhimov made the final breakthrough in the international top class among senior citizens. He became European featherweight champion that year in Varna . With Mahmut Görez from Turkey , Petr Svehla from the Czech Republic , Dawit Bedinadse and Eusebiu Diaconu from Romania, he defeated four world class wrestlers. However, he had bad luck at the World Cup that same year in Budapest , because he lost there against Davor Štefanek from Serbia on points (1: 2 rounds, 7:12 points). Since Stefanek did not reach the final, Vitali Rəhimov was eliminated and only came in 22nd place.

He also had no luck at the World Championships in Guangzhou in 2006 and in Baku in 2007 . In Guangzhou, after defeating Nikolaos Kaisidis from Greece, they lost to Oleksij Wakulenko from Ukraine and came in 13th. He was even worse off in Baku, of all places , where he lost his first fight against his feared opponent Jung Ji-hyun from South Korea and ended up in 32nd place.

In 2008 Vitali Rəhimov managed to get a third place at the qualifying tournament in Rome at the Olympic Games in Beijing . There he won with the help of the doping agent Turinabol in featherweight about Sheng Jiang, China , Eusebiu Diaconu, the multiple world champion and Olympic champion Armen Nazaryan , Bulgaria and Nurbakyt Tengisbajew from Kazakhstan and was in the fight for the gold medal to the Russians Islambek Albijew opposite. But he had no chance of winning against Albijew and lost with 0: 2 rounds and 0: 6 points.

In 2009 he won his first medal at a world championship in the featherweight championship in Herning / Denmark . He defeated Paolo Fucile from Italy , Ruslan Tjumenbajew from Kyrgyzstan and Rewas Laschchi from Georgia. In the semi-finals he lost to Dilschod Aripow from Uzbekistan, but won a bronze medal by defeating Söner Surcu from Turkey. He then won the same medal at the 2010 World Championships in Moscow , albeit one weight class higher, in the lightweight . It took him four wins. He suffered a defeat from Ambako Watschadze from Russia. In the battle for the bronze medal, he defeated Tamás Lőrincz from Hungary .

In 2011 Vitali Rəhimov won a bronze medal in the lightweight at the European Championships in Dortmund . He had to admit defeat there in the quarterfinals against Tamas Lörincz, but since he reached the final, he could still fight for this medal with victories over Abdusamalt Günal , Turkey and Ionuț Panait from Romania. However, he had no luck at the world championship this year in Istanbul , because he lost after winning two fights against Kim Hyeon-woo from South Korea, was eliminated and only reached 15th place. At the European Championships in Belgrade in 2012 he lost his first fight against Yaroslav Kardasch from Belarus and only came in 20th place. He also failed to qualify for the Olympic Games in London in 2012.

In 2013 he achieved good results in several international tournaments, but was not used in any international championship.

doping

In 2016, Rəhimov's doping sample from the 2008 Olympic Games tested positive for Turinabol in follow-up tests and he was subsequently disqualified. The bronze medal was revoked .

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
2001	1.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Izmir	up to 54 kg	from Ügur Tüfenk, Turkey and Dawit Bedinadze , Georgia
2002	7th	Junior European Championship in Subotica	Bantam	Winner: Basang Boktajew, Russia ahead of Sergei Koslow, Ukraine
2003	9.	Junior World Championships in Istanbul	feather	Winner: Nurbakyt Tengisbajew , Kazakhstan ahead of Davor Štefanek , Serbia
2004	4th	Olympic qualification tournament in Tashkent	feather	behind Nurlan Koischagoinow, Kazakhstan, Davor Stefanek and Ali Ashkani Akboloag , Iran
2004	11.	EM in Haparanda	feather	after a loss to Lasha Lomadze , Georgia and a win over Thomas Kathan, Austria
2004	14th	OS in Athens	feather	after defeating Włodzimierz Zawadzki , Poland and losing to Jung Ji-hyung , South Korea
2005	1.	EM in Varna	feather	after victories over Mahmut Görez, Turkey, Petr Svehla , Czech Republic , Dawit Bedinadse and Eusebiu Diaconu , Romania
2005	22nd	World Cup in Budapest	feather	after a loss to Davor Stefanek
2006	3.	Yadegar Imam Cup in Qom / Iran	feather	behind Ali Ashkani Agboloeg and Hamid Bavafa, both Iran
2006	5.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	feather	behind Ali Ashkani Agboloag, Eusebiu Diaconu, Fuad Aliew, Azerbaijan and Makoto Sasamoto, Japan
2006	13.	World Cup in Guangzhou	feather	after defeating Nikolaos Kaisidis, Greece and losing to Oleksiy Wakulenko , Ukraine
2007	32.	World Cup in Baku	feather	after losing to Jung Ji-hyun
2008	3.	Olympic qualification tournament in Rome	feather	behind before Stefanek and Dilschod Aripow , Uzbekistan
2008	2.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	feather	behind Fuad Aliev, in front of Revas Laschchi , Georgia and Dilschod Aripow
2009	8th.	Intern. Tournament (Christo Lutte) in Créteil	Light	Winner: Steeve Guénot , France ahead of Karel Hanak, Czech Republic
2009	2.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	feather	behind Aslan Abdullin, Russia, in front of Sakit Jallilow, Azerbaijan and Rewas Laschchi
2009	3.	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	feather	after victories over Paolo Fucile, Italy , Ruslan Tjumenbajew, Kyrgyzstan and Rewas Laschchi, a defeat against Dilschod Aripow and a victory over Söner Sucu , Turkey
2010	2.	"Vehbe-Emre" Memorial in Istanbul	feather	behind Hassan Aliew, Azerbaijan, in front of Söner Sucu and Iwo Angelow , Bulgaria
2010	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Light	before Rustam Aliew, Azerbaijan, Darchan Bajachmetow, Kazakhstan and Michail Semenjow , Belarus
2010	3.	World Cup in Moscow	Light	after victories over Sunil Kumar, India and Arman Adikjan, Armenia , a defeat against Ambako Watschadze , Russia and victories over Pascal Strebel , Switzerland and Tamás Lőrincz , Hungary
2011	6th	World Cup in Minsk	Light	Winner: Saeid Murad Abdvali, Iran ahead of Kim Hyeon-woo , South Korea
2011	3.	EM in Dortmund	Light	after a victory over Richard Rigo, Slovakia , a defeat against Tamás Lőrincz and victories over Abdusamelt Günal , Turkey and Ionuț Panait , Romania
2011	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Light	behind Tamás Lőrincz and Afshin Bjabangard, Iran
2011	15th	World Cup in Istanbul	Light	after victories over Frederik Bjerrehuus, Denmark and Ulises Ivan Barragan Calderon, Mexico and a loss to Kim Hyeon-woo
2012	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Istanbul	Light	behind Refik Ayvazoglu, Turkey and Ali Esmaeil Mohammadi, Iran
2012	20th	EM in Belgrade	Light	after a loss to Yaroslav Kardasch, Belarus
2012	3.	Olympic qualification tournament in Sofia	Light	behind Steeve Guénot , France and Edgaras Venckaitis, Lithuania
2012	7th	Olympic qualification tournament in Helsinki	Light	Winner: Atakan Yüksel, Turkey ahead of Hovhannes Wardershjan, Armenia
2013	3.	"Vehbi-Emre" Memorial in Istanbul	Light	behind Rasul Chunajew, Azerbaijan and Mohammad Karimi, Iran
2013	2.	Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid	Light	behind Həsən Əliyev , Azerbaijan, in front of Migran Arutjunjan, Armenia
2013	2.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Light	behind Rasul Chunajew, in front of Dominik Etlinger, Croatia and Omid Haji Noroozi , Iran

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Bantamweight, weight class up to 2002 up to 58 kg, featherweight, since 2003 up to 60 kg, lightweight, since 2003 up to 66 kg body weight (until December 31, 2013); Since January 1, 2014, a new weight classification has been in effect by the FILA

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Vitali Rəhimov at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Vitali Rəhimov in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IOC SANCTIONS 16 ATHLETES FOR FAILING ANTI-DOPING TESTS AT BEIJING 2008 olympic.org November 17, 2016
2. ^ IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008. International Olympic Committee , November 17, 2016, accessed April 21, 2018 .