Aliabbas Rzazade
{{Short description|Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler}}
{{use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Aliabbas Rzazade
| image = 5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Men Weightlifting 57kg Medal Ceremony 20220811 (cropped4).jpg
| caption = Rzazade at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
| native_name = Əliabbas Rzazadə
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| nationality = {{AZE}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|5|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = Astara, Azerbaijan
| death_date =
| headercolor = lightblue
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| height = 165 cm
| weight =
| country = {{AZE}}
| sport = Amateur wrestling
| weight_class = 57 kg
| event = Freestyle
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Men's freestyle wrestling }}
{{Medal|Country| {{AZE}} }}
{{Medal|Competition| European Championships }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2023 Zagreb | 57 kg }}
{{Medal|Silver| 2022 Budapest | 57 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition|Islamic Solidarity Games}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2021 Konya|57 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|Grand Prix}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Zagreb|57 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Zagreb|61 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|Poland Open (Wacław Ziółkowski Memorial)}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Warsaw|61 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition| World U23 Championships }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2021 Belgrade|57 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|European U23 Championship }}
{{Medal|Silver| 2021 Skopje|57 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition| World Juniors Championships }}
{{Medal|Bronze| 2016 Macon|50 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|European Juniors Championships}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2016 Bucharest|50 kg}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2018 Rome|57 kg}}
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Aliabbas Rzazade ({{langx|az|Əliabbas Rzazadə}}; born 21 May 1998) is an Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler competing in the 57 kg division. He won the gold medal in the 57 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.{{Cite web |url=https://uww.org/athletes/rzazade-aliabbas |title=RZAZADE Aliabbas profile page |access-date=7 November 2021 |archive-date=7 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107002321/https://uww.org/athletes/rzazade-aliabbas |url-status=live}}
Early life
Aliabbas Rzazadeh was born on May 21, 1998, in the village of Rudekanar, Astara district.{{cn|date=June 2025}}
Career
In 2021, he won the silver medal in the men's 57 kg event at the 2021 European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Skopje, North Macedonia.{{Cite web |url=https://uww.org/event/european-championships-24?tab=results |title=European Championships |access-date=7 November 2021 |archive-date=19 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519185100/https://uww.org/event/european-championships-24?tab=results |url-status=live}}
Aliabbas Rzazade won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 57 kg at the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite web |url=https://uww.org/event/world-championships-57 |title=World Championships |website=United World Wrestling |access-date=7 November 2021 |archive-date=13 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913072525/https://uww.org/event/world-championships-57 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-11/results_11_belgrade.pdf?VersionId=q9PpC48NYmp7wndhAvjEjk6GB7FF03OG |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110104150/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-11/results_11_belgrade.pdf?VersionId=q9PpC48NYmp7wndhAvjEjk6GB7FF03OG |archive-date=10 November 2021 |access-date=10 November 2021 |website=United World Wrestling}}
In 2022, Rzazade won the gold medal in his event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.{{Cite web |title=Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625194934/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW |archive-date=25 June 2022 |access-date=25 June 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}} He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 57 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.{{Cite web |title=2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-08/results_08_konya.pdf?VersionId=XCsODGzAzjjRhgEoc5SPJ7BmwV3S65G1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818181226/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-08/results_08_konya.pdf?VersionId=XCsODGzAzjjRhgEoc5SPJ7BmwV3S65G1 |archive-date=18 August 2022 |access-date=20 August 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}} He competed in the 57{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}
Rzazade won the silver medal in the 57{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.{{Cite news |last=Pavitt |first=Michael |date=29 March 2022 |title=Egorov wins rare North Macedonian gold at European Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1121213/egorov-european-wrestling-championships |access-date=30 March 2022 |archive-date=2 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402004954/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1121213/egorov-european-wrestling-championships |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403191311/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 |archive-date=3 April 2022 |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}} Rzazadeh won his first European title in his career by defeating his opponent with a score of 12: 2 in the final match of the 2023 European Championship held in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.[https://special.azertag.az/en/xeber/2579738 Azerbaijani wrestler wins gold medal at European championship][https://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/society/3737299.html Azerbaijan national team wins first medal at European Wrestling Championship in Zagreb]
Rzazade competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan and he earned a quota place for Azerbaijan for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-date=8 April 2024 |access-date=8 April 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}} He competed in the men's freestyle 57{{nbsp}}kg event at the Olympics.{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}} He was eliminated in his first match by eventual bronze medalist Gulomjon Abdullaev of Uzbekistan.
Achievements
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!Year !Tournament !Location !Result !Event |
| rowspan=2 | 2022
|Budapest, Hungary |align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |
| Islamic Solidarity Games
|Konya, Turkey |align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |
| 2023
|Zagreb, Croatia |align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st |
References
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External links
- {{UWW|rzazade-aliabbas}}
- {{IWD|F39FD6E757E54500BEA2A24A3F5F0AB9}}
- {{Olympics.com|aliabbas-rzazade}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/aliabbas-rzazade_1947185 Aliabbas Rzazade] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- {{Olympic.az|eliabbas-rzazade|Əliabbas Rzazadə}}
{{European Champions freestyle wrestling bantamweight}}
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Category:Azerbaijani male sport wrestlers
Category:European Wrestling Championships medalists
Category:Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling
Category:21st-century Azerbaijani sportsmen
Category:European Wrestling Champions
Category:Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
Category:Islamic Solidarity Games bronze medalists for Azerbaijan