Namig Yadulla Abdullayev ( az, Namiq Abdullayev, born 4 January 1971) is a retired

Azerbaijani Azerbaijani may refer to: * Something of, or related to Azerbaijan * Azerbaijanis * Azerbaijani language See also * Azerbaijan (disambiguation) * Azeri (disambiguation) * Azerbaijani cuisine * Culture of Azerbaijan The culture of Azerbaijan ...

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

, who won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as three gold medals at European championships and three silver medals at world championships.Namiq Abdullayev
sports-reference.com A three-time Olympian, Abdullayev won the silver medal at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in the 52 kg category and the gold in the 55 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, but was eliminated early. Abdullayev retired in 2009. He was one of the four winners of Young Lions of Azerbaijan 2022, and represented the country at the 2022 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Personal life

Abdullayev is married and lives in Baku.Azerbaijani Женился азербайджанский борец Намик Абдуллаев
(Wrestler Namig Abdullayev Getting Married). day.az. 28 October 2008 He is the brother of world champion wrestler

Arif Abdullayev Arif Yadulla Abdullayev ( az, Arif Abdullayev; born 28 August 1968, Baku, Azerbaijan) is an Azerbaijani wrestler. Abdullayev gained gold medal at the World Championship in 2003 for Freestyle wrestling organized in New York New York most ...

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Namig Abdullayev's profile
1971 births Living people Olympic wrestlers of Azerbaijan Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Azerbaijani male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Azerbaijan Olympic silver medalists for Azerbaijan Sportspeople from Baku Olympic medalists in wrestling World Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics European Wrestling Champions 20th-century Azerbaijani people 21st-century Azerbaijani people {{Azerbaijan-wrestling-bio-stub