Ali Rahimzade

{{short description|Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler}}

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{{Medal|Competition| European Championships }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2020 Rome | 65 kg }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2021 Warsaw | 65 kg }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2024 Bucharest|65 kg }}

{{MedalBronze|2025 Bratislava|65 kg}}

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{{MedalBronze| 2017 Kermandshah | 61 kg }}

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{{MedalGold|2023 Baku|65 kg}}

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{{MedalSilver|2018 Istanbul|65 kg}}

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{{MedalBronze|2023 Zagreb|65 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2025 Zagreb|65 kg}}

{{Medal|Competition| World U23 Championships }}

{{Medal|Silver| 2018 Bucharest | 65 kg }}

{{MedalCompetition | European U23 Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 2017 Szombathely | 61 kg }}

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{{Medal|Gold|2017 Dortmund | 60 kg }}

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Ali Rahimzade (Əli Rəhimzadə, born 23 November 1997) is an Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler. He is a three-time bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.

Career

At the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bucharest, Romania, he won the silver medal in the 65 kg event.{{Cite news|last=Diamond|first=James|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1072376/japan-and-georgia-win-two-golds-each-on-penultimate-day-of-world-under-23-wrestling-championships|title=Japan and Georgia win two golds each on penultimate day of World Under-23 Wrestling Championships|date=17 November 2018|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=11 April 2020}}

In 2020, Rahimzade won one of the bronze medals in the 65 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf|title=2020 European Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412124934/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Shepherd|first=Neil|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1090625/european-wrestling-championships|title=Triple gold for Russia on penultimate day of European Wrestling Championships|date=15 February 2020|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=22 March 2020}} He repeated this in the same event at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.{{Cite web|title=2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_senior_european_championships.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425200427/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_senior_european_championships.pdf|archive-date=25 April 2021|access-date=25 April 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}

Rahimzade won one of the bronze medals in the men's 65{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219213412/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM |archive-date=19 February 2024 |access-date=19 February 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}

Achievements

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2020

|European Championships

|Rome, Italy

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|Freestyle 65{{nbsp}}kg

2021

|European Championships

|Warsaw, Poland

|align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|Freestyle 65{{nbsp}}kg

2024

|European Championships

|Bucharest, Romania

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|Freestyle 65{{nbsp}}kg

2025

|European Championships

|Bratislava, Slovakia

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|Freestyle 65 kg

References

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