There are 14 days left until the start of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games, which will be held on July 26.
Idman.biz continues the series of articles dedicated to the most prestigious multi-sport competition of the quadrennial, which will start on Friday in 2 weeks.
First of all, we remembered the summer Olympics in which Azerbaijani athletes participated in the years of independence until Paris 2024. Then we reviewed the collection of awards and the participation of our team. After looking at the list of several medal winners, we got to know those who experienced this excitement many times.
This time, let's take a look at the Olympic history of our 48 athletes who won a license for Paris-2024 under the flag of Azerbaijan. Also, let's see which of our athletes are Olympic debutants.
Badminton
Ade Resky Dwicahyo (men’s individual)
Tokyo 2020: 2nd place in the group stage - 1 win, 1 loss
Keisha Fatima Zahra (women’s individual)
Debutant
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Zohra Aghamirova
Tokyo 2020: 18th place in the qualifying round
Group gymnastics team (Laman Alimuradova, Kamila Aliyeva, Yelizaveta Luzan, Gullu Aghalarzade, and Darya Sorokina)
Tokyo 2020: 10th place in the qualifying round (Narmina Samadova was not Gullu Aghalarzade in the team at that time)
Trampoline gymnastics
Seljan Magsudova
Debutant
Freestyle wrestling
Aliabbas Rzazade (57 kg)
Debutant
Haji Aliyev (65 kg)
Rio 2016: 3rd place - 3 wins, 1 loss (at that time 57 kg)
Tokyo 2020: 2nd place - 3 wins, 1 loss
Turan Bayramov (74 kg)
Tokyo 2020: 8th place - 1 win, 1 loss
Osman Nurmagomedov (86 kg)
Debutant
Magomedkhan Magomedov (97 kg)
Debutant
Giorgi Meshvildishvili (125 kg)
Debutant
Greco-Roman wrestling
Murad Mammadov (60 kg)
Debutant
Hasrat Jafarov (67 kg)
Debutant
Sanan Suleymanov (77 kg)
Debutant
Rafig Huseynov (87 kg)
Tokyo-2020: 3rd place - 3 wins, 1 loss
Sabah Shariati (130 kg)
Rio-2016: 3rd place – 3 wins, 1 loss
Women's wrestling
Maria Stadnik (50 kg)
Beijing-2008: 3rd place – 2 wins, 1 defeat (at that time 48 kg)
London-2012: 2nd place – 3 wins, 1 defeat (at that time 48 kg)
Rio 2016: 2nd place - 3 wins, 1 loss (at that time 48 kg)
Tokyo 2020: 3rd place - 3 wins, 1 loss
Athletics
Hanna Skydan, hammer throwing
Rio-2016: 13th place in classification - 70.09 m
Tokyo-2020: 16th place in classification - 69.57 m
Boxing
Nijat Huseynov (51 kg)
Debutante
Malik Hasanov (63.5 kg)
Debutant
Murad Allahverdiyev (80 kg)
Debutant
Loren Alfonso (92 kg)
Tokyo-2020: 3rd place - 2 wins, 1 loss (at the time 81 kg)
Mahammad Abdullayev (+92 kg)
Tokyo-2020: stopped in the 1/8 finals – 1 win, 1 loss (at that time +91 kg)
Taekwondo
Gashim Magomedov (58 kg)
Debutant
Shooting
Ruslan Lunev (10 m, air pistol)
Rio-2016: 15th place in the classification - 577 (10 m)
15th place in the classification - 575 (25 m)
Tokyo-2020: In the classification - 574 (10 m)
21st in the classification – 567 (25 m)
Basketball
Women's team, 3x3 type
Debutant
Rowing
Diana Dymchenko, (2000 m, academic rowing)
Debutant
Triathlon
Rostislav Pevtsov
Rio-2016: 39th place – 1:52.06
Tokyo-2020: 41st place – 1:50.46
Fencing
Anna Bashta, (saber)
Tokyo-2020: stopped in the 1/8 finals – 1 win, 1 loss
Archery
Yaylagul Ramazanova
Debutante
Swimming
Maryam Sheikhalizeh
Tokyo-2020: 30th place in the classification - 1.01.37 (100 m butterfly)
Ramil Valizade
Debutant
Judo
Balabay Aghayev (men, 60 kg)
Debutant
Yashar Najafov (men, 66 kg)
Debutant
Hidayat Heydarov (men, 73 kg)
Debutant
Zelim Tckaev (men, 81 kg)
Debutant
Eljan Hajiyev (men, 90 kg)
Debutant
Zelym Kotsoiev (men, 100 kg)
Tokyo-2020: stopped in the 1/8 finals - 1 win, 1 loss
Ushangi Kokauri (men, +100 kg)
Rio 2016: stopped in the 1/8 finals - 1 win, 1 loss
Tokyo-2020: stopped in the 1/8 finals - 1 win, 1 loss
Leyla Aliyeva (women, 48 kg)
Debutant
Gultaj Mammadaliyeva (women, 52 kg)
Debutant
28 of the 48 athletes will represent Azerbaijan at the Olympics for the first time in their careers. Our other 20 representatives have experienced this excitement before.
Maria Stadnik will represent our country for the 5th time, Haji Aliyev, Ushangi Kokauri, Ruslan Lunev, Rostislav Pevtsov, and Hanna Skydan will represent our country at the Olympics for the 3rd time. Skydan indeed participated in the Games as a Ukrainian athlete. But she will represent Azerbaijan for the 3rd time.
Another 14 experienced sportsmen got this right for the 2nd time. 13 of them performed in Tokyo, and Sabah Shariati performed in Rio. The latter will participate in the competition after 8 years.
Vugar Kheyrullayev
Idman.biz
