Jabrayil Hasanov ( az, Cəbrayıl Həsənov, born on 24 February 1990 in Suparibağ, Astara,

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) is a male freestyle wrestler from

who has competed in the 66, 74 and 79 kg categories. He is an Olympic bronze medalist and multiple World Championships medalist. He is the winner of Yasar Dogu Grand-Prix .

Career

In 2010 and 2011 he won the European championships and finished third at the world championships. Next year he was fifth at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he beat

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and Ali Shabanov before losing to eventual gold medalist Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu in the semifinal. He was entered into the repechage and lost his bronze medal match to

Liván López Liván López Azcuy (born January 24, 1982) is a male freestyle wrestler from Cuba who competes in the 66 kg category. In 2011, he won a gold medal at the Pan American Games and a bronze medal at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships. The next ...

. He graduated from the Azerbaijan State Sport Academy and is coached by Aslan Agaev since 2000. In June 2015, he competed in the inaugural European Games, for the host country

wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

, in the men's freestyle 74 kg division. He earned a bronze medal. In the -74 kg freestyle competition at the Rio Olympics, he beat Carlos Izquierdo and Iakob Makarashvili before losing to Aniuar Geduyev in the semifinal. In the repechage, he won his bronze medal match against Bekzod Abdurakhmonov. Competing in the men's -79 kg freestyle competition, he won the silver medal at the 2018 World Championships. He beat Ethan Ramos, Ali Shabanau and Ezzatollah Akbari before losing to

Kyle Dake Kyle Douglas Dake (born February 25, 1991) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who currently competes at 74 kilograms. Dake is a four-time and the reigning World Champion, winning back-to-back titles twice, at 7 ...

in the final. Dake beat Hasanov 2-0 in the final. Competing in the men's -79 kg freestyle competition, he won the silver medal at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships. Kyle Dake beat Hasanov 4-2.

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* 1990 births Living people People from Astara District Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers of Azerbaijan Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in wrestling European Games bronze medalists for Azerbaijan Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Azerbaijan World Wrestling Championships medalists Azerbaijani male sport wrestlers Universiade medalists in wrestling Universiade silver medalists for Azerbaijan European Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade {{Azerbaijan-wrestling-bio-stub