Haji Aliyev

Haji Aliyev
Aliyev at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Native nameHacı Əliyev
Full nameHaji Azer oglu Aliyev
Born (1991-04-21) 21 April 1991 (age 33)
Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country Azerbaijan
SportWrestling
Weight class65 kg
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
World Championships 3 0 0
European Championships 4 1 1
European Games 1 0 1
Islamic Solidarity Games 2 0 0
World Cup 0 2 2
Other 6 6 9
Total 16 10 14
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Azerbaijan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 65 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 57 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Tashkent 61 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Las Vegas 61 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Paris 61 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Vantaa 61 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kaspiysk 65 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bucharest 65 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Zagreb 70 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Budapest 65 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Riga 61 kg
Individual World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Belgrade 65 kg
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2012 Baku 60 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Iowa 65 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Los Angeles 61 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kermanshah 65 kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk 65 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku 61 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku 61 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 65 kg
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan 60 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Ankara 60 kg
Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sofia 61 kg
Golden Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2012 Baku 60 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Baku 61 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 61 kg
Silver medal – second place 2013 Baku 60 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2014 Dortmund 65 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Dortmund 61 kg
Silver medal – second place 2011 Grozny 60 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Minsk 65 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Zagreb 70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Dortmund 60 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Kyiv 60 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Paris 65 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Warsaw 70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Rome 70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Warsaw 65 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Budapest 65 kg
European Juniors Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Zrenjanin 60 kg
European Cadets Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Daugavpils 54 kg

Haji Aliyev (Azerbaijani: Hacı Azər oğlu Əliyev;[1] born 21 April 1991),[2] is an Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 61 kg division in the 2014 European Wrestling Championships and won the gold medal after beating Bekkhan Goygereyev of Russia.[3]

Aliyev won his first world championship gold medal in the freestyle 61 kg class in the 2014 World Wrestling Championships in Tashkent.

Moreover, Aliyev got his second and third gold medals in Las Vegas 2015 and Paris 2017.[4]

In June 2015, he competed in the inaugural European Games, for the host country Azerbaijan in wrestling, more specifically, Men's freestyle in the 61 kilogram range. He earned a bronze medal.

He competed in the 57 kg division at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal after beating Vladimir Dubov of Bulgaria.[5] He was the flag bearer for Azerbaijan during the closing ceremonies.[6] His personal coach is Elman Azimzadeh.

After this success, Haji Aliyev won the European Championship among juniors held in Dawgwils, Latvia. 17-year-old Haji Aliyev, who competed in 54 kg, confidently defeated all his rivals at the finals and defeated Georgian Vladimir Khincheashvili at the decisive game and was awarded the silver medal of the European Championship. On July 25, President of the Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation Fazil Mammadov received the wrestlers who won the European Championship among juniors, including Haji Aliyev. Haci Aliyev participated in his last race in Istanbul, Turkey in 2008. Haci Aliyev, who competed in the "Presidential Tournament", was not in the list of medalists.

In 2009, Haji Aliyev won the first place in the Azerbaijani Youth Championship in February. Haci Aliyev, who tried hard in 60 kilograms, defeated Aghahuseyn Muradov in the finals and won the silver medal of the race. In March, Haji Aliyev joined the international tournament in Riga, Latvia and finished in the 5th place.

Haji Aliyev has made his next achievements in 2009 in domestic competitions. He won the tournament in October among young people dedicated to the memory of the Azerbaijani National Hero Aliyar Aliyev and became the champion of the race. In December, Haji Aliyev has won the first place among adults. He defeated all his opponents in the Cup of Azerbaijan and became the winner of the tournament.

In 2020, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 65 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[7][8]

In August 2021 in 2020 Summer Olympics, he defeated Daulet Niyazbekov[9] to enter Semi Finals round.

He lost his bronze medal match in the 65 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10]

He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan and he earned a quota place for Azerbaijan for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[11]

  1. ^ "Əliyev Hacı Azər oğlu". awf-az.org. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Haji Aliyev - AWF Interview 2014". Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation. 17 November 2014.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference r2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ http://awf.az/en/x-b-rl-r/d-nya-empionati/item/3999-ddzh-2017-hadz-aeliyev-udzhzhat-dunya-dzhempionu-oldu-foto [dead link]
  5. ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  6. ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  7. ^ Shefferd, Neil (18 December 2020). "Russia close UWW Individual Championships in style with four more golds on final day". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  8. ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Tokyo 2020: Bajrang Punia Through to Semis; Will Face Rio Olympics Bronze Medallist Haji Aliyev". News18. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  10. ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  11. ^ "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.