Farida Azizova (born 6 June 1995 in Qusar,

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

) is an

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

practitioner. She competed in the 67 kg event at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

and was eliminated by

Karine Sergerie Karine Sergerie (born February 1, 1985) is the 2007 world champion in women's lightweight (under 63 kg) taekwondo. She is Canada's first female world champion in the sport. Biography Sergerie was born in Sainte-Catherine, Quebec, Canada. ...

in the preliminary round. She also competed in the 67 kg event at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

but lost the Bronze medal match. She has qualified to the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

through the

2021 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament The 2021 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament for the Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tokyo Olympic Games took place in Sofia, Bulgaria. The tournament was held from 7 to 8 May, 2021. Each country could enter a maximum of 2 m ...

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* 1995 births Living people People from Qusar Azerbaijani female taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Azerbaijan Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in taekwondo European Games silver medalists for Azerbaijan Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Taekwondo Championships medalists World Taekwondo Championships medalists Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2023 European Games 21st-century Azerbaijani sportswomen Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Azerbaijan {{Azerbaijan-taekwondo-bio-stub