Azerbaijan at the Olympics
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| NOC = AZE
| NOCname = National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan
| games = Olympics
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| rank = 61
| gold = 9
| silver = 16
| bronze = 31
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| summerappearances = {{Team appearances list|team=Azerbaijan|competition=Summer Olympics|begin_year=1996|end_year= }}
| winterappearances = {{Team appearances list|team=Azerbaijan|competition=Winter Olympics|begin_year=1998|end_year= }}
| seealso = {{flagIOC|RU1}} (1900–1912)
{{flagIOC|URS}} (1952–1988)
{{flagIOC|EUN|1992 Summer}} (1992)
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Azerbaijan first participated at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1996, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then. Previously, Azerbaijani athletes competed as part of the Soviet Union at the Olympics from 1952 to 1988, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan was part of the Unified Team in 1992. Azerbaijani athletes have won a total of 56 medals at the Summer Olympic Games. The nation has not won any medals at the Winter Olympic Games. The National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic was created in 1992 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.
In 2016, Azerbaijan became one of only two nations (the other being Great Britain, also between 2000 and 2016) ever to increase the number of medals achieved in five consecutive Games.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/news/team-gb-on-brink-of-historic-record-at-rio-2016-as-lottery-funding-pays-dividends-in-olympic-models |title=Great Britain on brink of historic record at Rio 2016 as lottery funding pays dividends in Olympic medals |date=2016-08-20 |language=en-GB |access-date=2016-08-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824165344/https://www.rio2016.com/en/news/team-gb-on-brink-of-historic-record-at-rio-2016-as-lottery-funding-pays-dividends-in-olympic-models |archivedate=2016-08-24 }} Azerbaijan is particularly strong in combative sports, with 40 of their 45 medals being awarded in Wrestling, Boxing, Judo and Taekwondo.
Medals
{{See also|All-time Olympic Games medal count}}
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= Medals by Summer Games =
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Games
!Athletes |style="background:gold; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Gold |style="background:silver; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Silver |style="background:#cc9966; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Bronze !style="width:4em; font-weight:bold;"|Total !style="width:4em; font-weight:bold;"|Rank | ||||||
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align=left| 1900–1912 | colspan=6 | as part of the {{flagIOCteam|RU1}} | |||||
align=left| 1920–1948 | colspan=6 | did not participate | |||||
align=left| 1952–1988 | colspan=6 | as part of the {{flagIOCteam|URS}} | |||||
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1992}} | colspan=6| as part of the {{flagIOCteam|EUN|1992 Summer}} | |||||
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1996}} | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 61 |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2000}} | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 34 |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} | 36 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 50 |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2008}} | 44 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 40 |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} | 53 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 32 |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} | 56 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 39 |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2020}} | 44 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 67 |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2024}} | 48 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 30 |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2028}} | colspan=6; rowspan=2| future event | |||||
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2032}} | ||||||
colspan=2| Total | 9 | 16 | 31 | 56 || 61 |
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= Medals by Winter Games =
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Games
!Athletes |style="background:gold; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Gold |style="background:silver; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Silver |style="background:#cc9966; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Bronze !style="width:4em; font-weight:bold;"|Total !style="width:4em; font-weight:bold;"|Rank | ||||||
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align=left| 1920–1948 | colspan=6 | did not participate | |||||
align=left| 1952–1988 | colspan=6 | as part of the {{flagIOCteam|URS}} | |||||
align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1992}} | colspan=6 rowspan=2| did not participate | |||||
align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1994}} | ||||||
align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1998}} | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2002}} | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2006}} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2010}} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2014}} | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2018}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2022}} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2026}} | colspan=6| future event | |||||
colspan=2| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
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= Medals by Summer Sport =
{{Medals table
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| team = Sport
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| gold_1 = 4 | silver_1 = 8 | bronze_1 = 16 | name_1 = {{GamesSport|Wrestling|Format=d}}
| gold_2 = 3 | silver_2 = 2 | bronze_2 = 2 | name_2 = {{GamesSport|Judo|Format=d}}
| gold_3 = 1 | silver_3 = 0 | bronze_3 = 2 | name_3 = {{GamesSport|Shooting|Format=d}}
| gold_4 = 1 | silver_4 = 1 | bronze_4 = 2 | name_4 = {{GamesSport|Taekwondo|Format=d}}
| gold_5 = 0 | silver_5 = 2 | bronze_5 = 8 | name_5 = {{GamesSport|Boxing|Format=d}}
| gold_6 = 0 | silver_6 = 2 | bronze_6 = 0 | name_6 = {{GamesSport|Karate|Format=d}}
| gold_7 = 0 | silver_7 = 1 | bronze_7 = 1 | name_7 = {{GamesSport|Canoeing|Format=d}}
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Medalists
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style="width:6em"| Medal
!style="width:12em"| Name !style="width:12em"| Games !Sport !Event | ||||
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{{silver medal}} | {{sortname|Namig|Abdullayev}} | {{GamesName|SOG|1996}} | 25px Wrestling | Men's freestyle flyweight |
{{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Zemfira|Meftahatdinova}} | {{GamesName|SOG|2000}} | 25px Shooting | Women's skeet |
{{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Namig|Abdullayev}} | {{GamesName|SOG|2000}} | 25px Wrestling | Men's freestyle flyweight |
{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Vugar|Alakbarov}} | {{GamesName|SOG|2000}} | 25px Boxing | Men's middleweight |
{{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Farid|Mansurov}} | {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} | 25px Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman lightweight |
{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Fuad|Aslanov}} | {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} | 25px Boxing | Men's flyweight |
{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Aghasi|Mammadov}} | {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} | 25px Boxing | Men's bantamweight |
{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Irada|Ashumova}} | {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} | 25px Shooting | Women's 25 m pistol |
{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Zemfira|Meftahatdinova}} | {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} | 25px Shooting | Women's skeet |
{{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Elnur|Mammadli}} | {{GamesName|SOG|2008}} | 25px Judo | Men's 73 kg |
{{silver medal}} | {{sortname|Rovshan|Bayramov}} | {{GamesName|SOG|2008}} | 25px Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg |
{{bronze medal}} | Shahin Imranov | {{GamesName|SOG|2008}} | 25px Boxing | Men's featherweight |
{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Movlud|Miraliyev}} | {{GamesName|SOG|2008}} | 25px Judo | Men's 100 kg |
{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Mariya|Stadnik}} | {{GamesName|SOG|2008}} | 25px Wrestling | Women's freestyle 48 kg |
{{bronze medal}} | Khetag Gazyumov | {{GamesName|SOG|2008}} | 25px Wrestling | Men's freestyle 96 kg |
{{gold medal}} | Toghrul Asgarov | {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} | 25px Wrestling | Men's freestyle 60 kg |
{{gold medal}} | Sharif Sharifov | {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} | 25px Wrestling | Men's freestyle 84 kg |
{{silver medal}} | Rovshan Bayramov | {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} | 25px Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg |
{{silver medal}} | {{sortname|Mariya|Stadnik}} | {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} | 25px Wrestling | Women's freestyle 48 kg |
{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Teymur|Mammadov}} | {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} | 25px Boxing | Men's heavyweight |
{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Magomedrasul|Majidov}} | {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} | 25px Boxing | Men's super heavyweight |
{{bronze medal}} | Khetag Gazyumov | {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} | 25px Wrestling | Men's freestyle 96 kg |
{{bronze medal}} | Emin Ahmadov | {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} | 25px Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg |
{{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Yuliya|Ratkevich}} | {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} | 25px Wrestling | Women's freestyle 55 kg |
{{gold medal}} | Radik Isayev | {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} | 25px Taekwondo | Men's +80 kg |
{{silver medal}} | Lorenzo Sotomayor | {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} | 25px Boxing | Men's light welterweight |
{{silver medal}} | Valentin Demyanenko | {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} | 25px Canoeing | Men's C-1 200 metres |
{{silver medal}} | Rustam Orujov | {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} | 25px Judo | Men's 73 kg |
{{silver medal}} | Elmar Gasimov | {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} | 25px Judo | Men's 100 kg |
{{silver medal}} | Toghrul Asgarov | {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} | 25px Wrestling | Men's freestyle 65 kg |
{{silver medal}} | Khetag Gazyumov | {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} | 25px Wrestling | Men's freestyle 97 kg |
{{silver medal}} | Mariya Stadnik | {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} | 25px Wrestling | Women's freestyle 48 kg |
{{bronze medal}} | Kamran Shakhsuvarly | {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} | 25px Boxing | Men's middleweight |
{{bronze medal}} | Inna Osypenko-Radomska | {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} | 25px Canoeing | Women's K-1 200 metres |
{{bronze medal}} | Milad Beigi | {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} | 25px Taekwondo | Men's 80 kg |
{{bronze medal}} | Patimat Abakarova | {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} | 25px Taekwondo | Women's 49 kg |
{{bronze medal}} | Haji Aliyev | {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} | 25px Wrestling | Men's freestyle 57 kg |
{{bronze medal}} | Jabrayil Hasanov | {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} | 25px Wrestling | Men's freestyle 74 kg |
{{bronze medal}} | Sharif Sharifov | {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} | 25px Wrestling | Men's freestyle 86 kg |
{{bronze medal}} | Rasul Chunayev | {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} | 25px Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg |
{{bronze medal}} | Sabah Shariati | {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} | 25px Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg |
{{bronze medal}} | Nataliya Synyshyn | {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} | 25px Wrestling | Women's freestyle 53 kg |
{{silver medal}} | Rafael Aghayev | {{GamesName|SOG|2020}} | 25px Karate | Men's 75 kg |
{{silver medal}} | Haji Aliyev | {{GamesName|SOG|2020}} | 25px Wrestling | Men's freestyle 65 kg |
{{silver medal}} | Irina Zaretska | {{GamesName|SOG|2020}} | 25px Karate | Women's +61 kg |
{{bronze medal}} | Iryna Kindzerska | {{GamesName|SOG|2020}} | 25px Judo | Women's +78 kg |
{{bronze medal}} | Loren Alfonso | {{GamesName|SOG|2020}} | 25px Boxing | Men's light heavyweight |
{{bronze medal}} | Rafig Huseynov | {{GamesName|SOG|2020}} | 25px Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg |
{{bronze medal}} | Mariya Stadnik | {{GamesName|SOG|2020}} | 25px Wrestling | Women's freestyle 50 kg |
{{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Hidayat|Heydarov}} | {{GamesName|SOG|2024}} | 25px Judo | Men's 73 kg |
{{Gold medal}} | {{sortname|Zelym|Kotsoiev}} | {{GamesName|SOG|2024}} | 25px Judo | Men's 100 kg |
{{Silver medal}} | {{sortname|Gashim|Magomedov}} | {{GamesName|SOG|2024}} | 25px Taekwondo | Men's 58 kg |
{{Silver medal}} | Loren Alfonso | {{GamesName|SOG|2024}} | 25px Boxing | Men's heavyweight |
{{Bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Hasrat|Jafarov}} | {{GamesName|SOG|2024}} | 25px Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg |
{{Bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Giorgi|Meshvildishvili}} | {{GamesName|SOG|2024}} | 25px Wrestling | Men's freestyle 125 kg |
{{Bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Magomedkhan|Magomedov}} | {{GamesName|SOG|2024}} | 25px Wrestling | Men's freestyle 97 kg |
Disqualified Medalists
{{main|2008 Summer Olympics medal table|2012 Summer Olympics medal table|List of stripped Olympic medals}}
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Medal
! Name ! Sport ! Event ! Date | ||||
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| {{silver medal}} | Vitaliy Rahimov | Wrestling | Men's 60 kg | {{dts|12 August 2008}} |
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| {{bronze medal}} | Valentin Hristov | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg | {{dts|29 July 2012}} |
Participants by sport
= Summer Games =
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! colspan=2 rowspan=1 width=160|Sport ! width=55|1996 ! width=55|2000 ! width=55|2004 ! width=55|2008 ! width=55|2012 ! width=55|Total | ||||||
rowspan=2 align=left| {{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}
| align=left|Field events | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | rowspan=2| 18 |
align=left|Track events | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
colspan=2 align=left| {{GamesSport|Boxing|Format=d}}
| 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 26 | |
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| align=left| {{GamesSport|Canoeing|Format=d}} | align=left|Sprint | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
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| align=left| {{GamesSport|Cycling|Format=d}} | align=left|Road | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
colspan=2
| align=left| {{GamesSport|Diving|Format=d}} | align=left|Platform | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
colspan=2
| align=left| {{GamesSport|Equestrian|Format=d}} | align=left|Show jumping | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
colspan=2
| align=left| {{GamesSport|Fencing|Format=d}} | align=left|Individual sabre | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
rowspan=3 align=left| {{GamesSport|Gymnastics|Format=d}}
| align=left|Artistic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | rowspan=3| 11 |
align=left|Individual rhythmic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
align=left|Team rhythmic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
colspan=2 align=left| {{GamesSport|Judo|Format=d}}
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 23 | |
colspan=2
| align=left| {{GamesSport|Rowing|Format=d}} | align=left|Single sculls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
rowspan=2 align=left| {{GamesSport|Shooting|Format=d}}
| align=left|Air & Sporting Pistol | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | rowspan=2| 8 | |
align=left|Skeet
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
rowspan=3 align=left| {{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}}
| align=left|Breaststroke | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | rowspan=3| 9 |
align=left|Butterfly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
align=left|Freestyle | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
colspan=2 align=left| {{GamesSport|Taekwondo|Format=d}}
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
colspan=2 align=left| {{GamesSport|Weightlifting|Format=d}}
| 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | |
rowspan=2 align=left| {{GamesSport|Wrestling|Format=d}}
| align=left|Græco-Roman | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | rowspan=2| 53 | |
align=left|Freestyle
| 6 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 8 | ||
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! colspan=2|Total | 23 | 31 | 36 | 44 | 53 | 187 |
= Winter Games =
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! colspan=2 rowspan=1 width=160|Sport ! width=55|1998 ! width=55|2002 ! width=55|2006 ! width=55|2010 ! width=55|Total | |||||
colspan=2
| align=left| {{GamesSport|Alpine skiing|Format=d}} | align=left|Slalom | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
rowspan=2 align=left| {{GamesSport|Figure skating|Format=d}}
| align=left|Singles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | rowspan=2| 9 |
align=left|Pairs | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
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! colspan=2|Total | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
Flagbearers
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|+ Summer Olympics |
style="background-color:lightblue"| Games
!style="background-color:lightblue"| Athlete !style="background-color:lightblue"| Sport |
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align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1996}}
| Judo |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2000}} |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2008}} |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2012}}
| Judo |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2016}}
| Boxing |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2020}} |
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|+ Winter Olympics |
style="background-color:lightblue"| Games
!style="background-color:lightblue"| Athlete !style="background-color:lightblue"| Sport |
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align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1998}} |
align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2002}} |
align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2006}} |
align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2010}}
| |
align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2014}}
| |
align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2018}} |
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See also
References
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External links
- {{cite web |title=Azerbaijan |date=27 July 2021 |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=https://www.olympic.org/azerbaijan }}
- {{cite web |title=Azerbaijan |publisher=Olympedia.com |url=http://www.olympedia.org/countries/AZE }}
- {{cite web |title=Olympic Analytics/AZE |publisher=olympanalyt.com |url=http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByGames¶m_country=AZE }}
- "[http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/84_folder/84_articles/84_olympics_abdullayev.html Azerbaijani Wrestler Namig Abdullayev Wins Olympic Gold]," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 8:4 (Winter 2000), p. 76.
- "[http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/84_folder/84_articles/84_olympics_meftakhetdinov.html Zemfira Meftahatdinova: Right on Target, Olympic Gold, Skeet Shooter]," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 8:4 (Winter 2000), p. 79.
- "[http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/84_folder/84_articles/84_olympics_alakbarov.html Vugar Alakbarov, Olympic Bronze in Boxing]," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 8:4 (Winter 2000), p. 78.
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