title: Azerbaijan at the Olympics
text: # Azerbaijan at the Olympics
  
  Azerbaijan first participated at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1996, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then. Previously, Azerbaijani athletes competed as part of the Soviet Union at the Olympics from 1952 to 1988, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan was part of the Unified Team in 1992. Azerbaijani athletes have won a total of 42 medals at the Summer Olympic Games. The nation has not won any medals at the Winter Olympic Games. The National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic was created in 1992 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.
  
  In 2016, Azerbaijan became one of only two nations (the other being Great Britain, also between 2000 and 2016) ever to increase the number of medals achieved in five consecutive Games. Azerbaijan's success at the 2016 Games was driven by primarily by naturalized citizens; 12 out of the 16 medalists for Azerbaijan were born outside of the country (primarily immigrants from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Iran). Azerbaijan is particularly strong in contact sports, with 40 of their 45 medals being awarded in Wrestling, Boxing, Judo and Taekwondo.
  
  ## Medals
  
  Medals by Summer Sport
  
    Leading in that sportSportGoldSilverBronzeTotal Wrestling481325 Judo1225 Shooting1023 Taekwondo1023 Karate0202 Boxing0189 Canoeing0112Totals (7 entries)7142849
  
  Medalists
  
  Medal
  
  Name
  
  Games
  
  Sport
  
  Event
  
   SilverNamig Abdullayev1996 Atlanta WrestlingMen's freestyle flyweight
  
   GoldZemfira Meftahatdinova2000 Sydney ShootingWomen's skeet
  
   GoldNamig Abdullayev2000 Sydney WrestlingMen's freestyle flyweight
  
   BronzeVugar Alakbarov2000 Sydney BoxingMen's middleweight
  
   GoldFarid Mansurov2004 Athens WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman lightweight
  
   BronzeFuad Aslanov2004 Athens BoxingMen's flyweight
  
   BronzeAghasi Mammadov2004 Athens BoxingMen's bantamweight
  
   BronzeIrada Ashumova2004 Athens ShootingWomen's 25 m pistol
  
   BronzeZemfira Meftahatdinova2004 Athens ShootingWomen's skeet
  
   GoldElnur Mammadli2008 Beijing JudoMen's 73 kg
  
   SilverRovshan Bayramov2008 Beijing WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 55 kg
  
   BronzeShahin Imranov2008 Beijing BoxingMen's featherweight
  
   BronzeMovlud Miraliyev2008 Beijing JudoMen's 100 kg
  
   BronzeMariya Stadnik2008 Beijing WrestlingWomen's freestyle 48 kg
  
   BronzeKhetag Gazyumov2008 Beijing WrestlingMen's freestyle 96 kg
  
   GoldToghrul Asgarov2012 London WrestlingMen's freestyle 60 kg
  
   GoldSharif Sharifov2012 London WrestlingMen's freestyle 84 kg
  
   SilverRovshan Bayramov2012 London WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 55 kg
  
   SilverMariya Stadnik2012 London WrestlingWomen's freestyle 48 kg
  
   BronzeTeymur Mammadov2012 London BoxingMen's heavyweight
  
   BronzeMagomedrasul Majidov2012 London BoxingMen's super heavyweight
  
   BronzeKhetag Gazyumov2012 London WrestlingMen's freestyle 96 kg
  
   BronzeEmin Ahmadov2012 London WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 74 kg
  
   BronzeYuliya Ratkevich2012 London WrestlingWomen's freestyle 55 kg
  
   GoldRadik Isayev2016 Rio de Janeiro TaekwondoMen's +80 kg
  
   SilverLorenzo Sotomayor2016 Rio de Janeiro Boxing
  
  Men's light welterweight
  
   SilverValentin Demyanenko2016 Rio de Janeiro CanoeingMen's C-1 200 metres
  
   SilverRustam Orujov2016 Rio de Janeiro JudoMen's 73 kg
  
   SilverElmar Gasimov2016 Rio de Janeiro JudoMen's 100 kg
  
   SilverToghrul Asgarov2016 Rio de Janeiro WrestlingMen's freestyle 65 kg
  
   SilverKhetag Gazyumov2016 Rio de Janeiro WrestlingMen's freestyle 97 kg
  
   SilverMariya Stadnik2016 Rio de Janeiro WrestlingWomen's freestyle 48 kg
  
   BronzeKamran Shakhsuvarly2016 Rio de Janeiro BoxingMen's middleweight
  
   BronzeInna Osypenko-Radomska2016 Rio de Janeiro CanoeingWomen's K-1 200 metres
  
   BronzeMilad Beigi2016 Rio de Janeiro TaekwondoMen's 80 kg
  
   BronzePatimat Abakarova2016 Rio de Janeiro TaekwondoWomen's 49 kg
  
   BronzeHaji Aliyev2016 Rio de Janeiro WrestlingMen's freestyle 57 kg
  
   BronzeJabrayil Hasanov2016 Rio de Janeiro WrestlingMen's freestyle 74 kg
  
   BronzeSharif Sharifov2016 Rio de Janeiro WrestlingMen's freestyle 86 kg
  
   BronzeRasul Chunayev2016 Rio de Janeiro WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 66 kg
  
   BronzeSabah Shariati2016 Rio de Janeiro WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 130 kg
  
   BronzeNataliya Synyshyn2016 Rio de Janeiro WrestlingWomen's freestyle 53 kg
  
   SilverRafael Aghayev2020 Tokyo KarateMen's 75 kg
  
   SilverHaji Aliyev2020 Tokyo WrestlingMen's freestyle 65 kg
  
   SilverIrina Zaretska2020 Tokyo KarateWomen's +61 kg
  
   BronzeIryna Kindzerska2020 Tokyo JudoWomen's +78 kg
  
   BronzeLoren Alfonso2020 Tokyo BoxingMen's light heavyweight
  
   BronzeRafig Huseynov2020 Tokyo WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 77 kg
  
   BronzeMariya Stadnik2020 Tokyo WrestlingWomen's freestyle 50 kg
  
  Disqualified Medalists
  
  Main articles: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table, 2012 Summer Olympics medal table, and List of stripped Olympic medals
  
  Medal
  
  Name
  
  Sport
  
  Event
  
  Date
  
   SilverVitaliy RahimovWrestlingMen's 60 kg12 August 2008
  
   BronzeValentin HristovWeightliftingMen's 56 kg29 July 2012
  
  Participants by sport
  
  Summer Games
  
  Sport
  
  1996
  
  2000
  
  2004
  
  2008
  
  2012
  
  Total
  
  Athletics
  
  Field events2332218
  
  Track events21201
  
  Boxing
  
  2592826
  
  Canoeing
  
  Sprint
  
  000033
  
  Cycling
  
  Road
  
  000011
  
  Diving
  
  Platform
  
  110002
  
  Equestrian
  
  Show jumping
  
  000112
  
  Fencing
  
  Individual sabre
  
  101013
  
  Gymnastics
  
  Artistic0000111
  
  Individual rhythmic00121
  
  Team rhythmic00006
  
  Judo
  
  2436823
  
  Rowing
  
  Single sculls
  
  000022
  
  Shooting
  
  Air & Sporting Pistol
  
  111018
  
  Skeet
  
  11110
  
  Swimming
  
  Breaststroke001119
  
  Butterfly00001
  
  Freestyle12110
  
  Taekwondo
  
  002125
  
  Weightlifting
  
  2255620
  
  Wrestling
  
  Græco-Roman
  
  2236553
  
  Freestyle
  
  674108
  
  Total2331364453187
  
  Winter Games
  
  Sport
  
  1998
  
  2002
  
  2006
  
  2010
  
  Total
  
  Alpine skiing
  
  Slalom
  
  01023
  
  Figure skating
  
  Singles21009
  
  Pairs2220
  
  Total442212
  
  Flagbearers
  
  Summer Olympics
  
  Games
  
  Athlete
  
  Sport
  
  1996 Atlanta
  
  Nazim Hüseynov
  
  Judo
  
  2000 Sydney
  
  Namig Abdullayev
  
  Freestyle wrestling
  
  2004 Athens
  
  Nizami Pashayev
  
  Weightlifting
  
  2008 Beijing
  
  Farid Mansurov
  
  Greco-Roman wrestling
  
  2012 London
  
  Elnur Mammadli
  
  Judo
  
  2016 Rio de Janeiro
  
  Teymur Mammadov
  
  Boxing
  
  2020 Tokyo
  
  Rustam Orujov & Farida Azizova
  
  Judo (Orujov) & Taekwando (Azizova)
  
  Winter Olympics
  
  Games
  
  Athlete
  
  Sport
  
  1998 Nagano
  
  Julia Vorobieva
  
  Figure skating
  
  2002 Salt Lake City
  
  Sergey Rylov
  
  Figure skating
  
  2006 Turin
  
  Igor Lukanin
  
  Ice dancing
  
  2010 Vancouver
  
  Fuad Guliyev
  
  2014 Sochi
  
  Rahman Khalilov
  
  2018 Pyeongchang
  
  Patrick Brachner
  
  Alpine Skiing
  
  See also
  
  National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan
  
  Olympic competitors for Azerbaijan
  
  Azerbaijan at the Paralympics
  
  List of Azerbaijani Olympic medalists
  
  List of flag bearers for Azerbaijan at the Olympics
  
  References
  
  ↑ "Great Britain on brink of historic record at Rio 2016 as lottery funding pays dividends in Olympic medals". 2016-08-20. Archived from the original on 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2016-08-20.↑ Sports Reference
  
  External links
  
  "Azerbaijan". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
  
  "Azerbaijan". Olympedia.com.
  
  "Olympic Analytics/AZE". olympanalyt.com.
  
  "Azerbaijani Wrestler Namig Abdullayev Wins Olympic Gold," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 8:4 (Winter 2000), p. 76.
  
  "Zemfira Meftahatdinova: Right on Target, Olympic Gold, Skeet Shooter," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 8:4 (Winter 2000), p. 79.
  
  "Vugar Alakbarov, Olympic Bronze in Boxing," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 8:4 (Winter 2000), p. 78.
  
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