Vitaliy Rahimov
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Greco-Roman wrestling | ||
Competitor for  Azerbaijan
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| Summer Olympics | ||
| Silver | 2008 Beijing | 60 kg |
| World Championships | ||
| Bronze | 2009 Herning | 60 kg |
| Bronze | 2010 Moscow | 66 kg |
| European Championships | ||
| Gold | 2005 Varna | 60 kg |
| Bronze | 2011 Dortmund | 66 kg |
Vitaliy Rahimov (born 27 August 1984, Meghri, Armenian SSR) is an Azerbaijani athlete.
Rahimov moved with his family to Azerbaijan in 1990. He has been trained in Greco-Roman wrestling since 1994.[1] He made the Azerbaijani Olympic teams in 2004 and 2008. In the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Rahimov beat Jim Gruenwald of the United States (7-0) but was later defeated by the Serbian Davor Stefanek.[2]
In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Rahimov reached the final having beaten Sheng Jiang (China), Eusebiu Diaconu (Romania), Armen Nazaryan (Bulgaria), and Nurbakyt Tengizbayev (Turkmenistan) but lost to Islam-Beka Albiev from Russia.
References
- ↑ Vitaliy Rahimov: I Want to Come Back an Olympic Medalist by E.Aliyev. Echo. #160(898). 20 August 2004. Retrieved 12 August 2008
- ↑ Olympic notes: Injury drops wrestler by Charles F. Gardner. Journal Sentinel. 12 May 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2008