Nazim Tahir oğlu Babayev (born 8 October 1997) is an

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

athlete who specializes in the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down t ...

and

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

Biography

In 2015, he won the triple jump competition at

2015 European Games The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or Baku 2015 European Games ( az, Bakı 2015 Avropa Oyunları), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olymp ...

in Baku. A month later, Babayev set a championship record, national junior record and world junior lead when he leaped 17.04m in the triple jump at

2015 European Athletics Junior Championships The 2015 European Athletics Junior Championships were the 23rd edition of the biennial European U20 athletics championships. They were held in Eskilstuna Eskilstuna () is a city and the seat of Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland Count ...

. Babayev competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio and the 2020 Summer Olympics in

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, competing in the Men's triple jump.

Competition record

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Babayev, Nazim 1997 births Living people Azerbaijani male long jumpers Azerbaijani male triple jumpers Olympic athletes for Azerbaijan Olympic male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics European Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 European Games Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan FISU World University Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Azerbaijan 21st-century Azerbaijani people