Rafig Huseynov (; born 16 May 1988) is an Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler. He defeated Hungarian

Péter Bácsi Péter Bácsi (born 15 May 1983) is an amateur Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the middleweight category. Two-time (2014 World Wrestling Championships, 2014 and 2018 World Wrestling Championships, 2018) world champion, he is als ...

for the gold medal in his respective division at the 2011 European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany. He won one of the bronze medals in his event at 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 ...

in Tokyo, Japan. In 2021, Rafig became the world champion; and in 2022 he was a three-time European champion. He competed in the 82kg event at the

2022 World Wrestling Championships The 2022 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. The UWW Bureau approved the candidature of Belgrade, Serbia as ...

held in Belgrade, Serbia.

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Rafig Huseynov
at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics * * Living people 1988 births Sport wrestlers from Baku European Games silver medalists for Azerbaijan European Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games Azerbaijani male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists World Wrestling Champions European Wrestling Championships medalists Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in wrestling Olympic bronze medalists for Azerbaijan European Wrestling Champions Olympic wrestlers for Azerbaijan 21st-century Azerbaijani sportsmen Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Azerbaijan {{Azerbaijan-wrestling-bio-stub