Arif Abdullayev
{{Short description|Azerbaijani wrestler (born 1968)}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's Freestyle wrestling}}
{{MedalCountry | {{AZE}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 2003 New York|60 kg }}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalBronze | 1995 Fribourg|60 kg}}
{{MedalBronze | 1996 Budapest|60 kg}}
{{MedalBronze | 2002 Baku|60 kg }}
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Arif Yadulla Abdullayev ({{langx|az|Arif Abdullayev}}; born 28 August 1968, Baku, Azerbaijan) is an Azerbaijani wrestler. Abdullayev gained a gold medal at the World Championship in 2003 for Freestyle wrestling organized in New York.[http://wrestling.warezwebhosting.com/eng_news_arif_abdullayev.html World Champion for Freestyle Wrestling- Arif Abdullayev ] {{in lang|en}}
Personal life
He is originally from the village of Ağdərə in the Khizi district.Sadıq Zeynaloğlu. "Tarixin qan yaddaşı" Azərbaycan Respublikası Xatirə Kitabı Nəşriyyatı, Bakı - 2001.
Abdullayev is married and lives in Baku. He is the brother of olympic champion wrestler Namig Abdullayev.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010822/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ab/namiq-abdullayev-1.html Namiq Abdullayev]. sports-reference.com
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Category:Olympic wrestlers for Azerbaijan
Category:Sport wrestlers from Baku
Category:Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Azerbaijani male sport wrestlers
Category:World Wrestling Champions
Category:European Wrestling Championships medalists
Category:20th-century Azerbaijani sportsmen
Category:21st-century Azerbaijani sportsmen
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