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Elkhan Mammadov (judoka)

Elkhan Mammadov (born 26 February 1982, Baku, Azerbaijani SSR, USSR) is an Azerbaijani retired judoka.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics Mammadov was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 90 kg competition after losing his fight to the upcoming gold medalist Irakli Tsirekidze. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was again knocked out by the eventual champion, Song Dae-Nam, this time in the second round.[1]

Mammadov won the gold medal in 2013 at the World Championships held in Rio de Janeiro, defeating Henk Grol, from Netherlands, during the ‍–‍100 kg category final.

Achievements

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elkhan Mammadov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2015.

External links

Media related to Elkhan Mammadov at Wikimedia Commons