Gultaj Mammadaliyeva

{{Short description|Azerbaijani judoka}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}

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| image = Gultaj Mammadaliyeva at the 2024 Summer Olympics 2 (cropped).jpg

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| caption = Mammadaliyeva at the 2024 Summer Olympics

| native_name = Gültac Məmmədəliyeva

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|20 September 1999}}

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| country = Azerbaijan

| weight_class = {{nbnd}}52 kg

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| olympics_rank = R32

| olympics_year = 2024

| olympics_weight = Women's 52 kg

| worlds_rank = R16

| worlds_year = 2023

| worlds_weight = Women's 52 kg

| regionals_type = EU

| regionals_rank = 7

| regionals_year = 2019

| regionals_weight = Women's 52 kg

| regionals_year2 = 2023

| regionals_weight2 = Women's 52 kg

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{{Medal|Sport| Women's judo }}

{{Medal|Country| {{AZE}} }}

{{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Slam }}

{{Medal|B| 2023 Tbilisi | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2023 Astana | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Prix }}

{{Medal|S| 2023 Dushanbe | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2019 Antalya | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2023 Linz | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| European U23 Championships }}

{{Medal|S| 2020 Poreč | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| European Junior Championships }}

{{Medal|B| 2017 Maribor | {{nbnd}}48 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| Islamic Solidarity Games }}

{{Medal|B| 2021 Konya | Women's team }}

| updated = 22 December 2024

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Gultaj Mais gizi Mammadaliyeva ({{Langx|az|Gültac Mais qızı Məmmədəliyeva}}; born 20 September 1999) is an Azerbaijani judoka, a member of the Azerbaijan national judo team, a two-time medalist at the Grand Slam tournaments, a three-time Grand Prix medalist, a bronze medalist in the team event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games. Mammadaliyeva represented Azerbaijan at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris as the flagbearer.

== Biography ==

Gultaj Mammadaliyeva was born on 20 September 1999, in Sumgait.{{Cite web |url=https://kaspi.az/az/futbolu-cudoya-qurban-veren-qiz-portret |title=Futbolu cüdoya qurban verən qız |access-date=2024-03-29 |archive-date=2024-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329124820/https://kaspi.az/az/futbolu-cudoya-qurban-veren-qiz-portret |url-status=live }} Before transitioning to professional judo, she played football professionally, representing various Azerbaijani teams such as U-15, U-17, U-19, and U-21.{{Cite web |url=https://www.azerisport.com/judo/20231227140442233.html |title=Гюльтадж МАМЕДАЛИЕВА: Не собираюсь уступать олимпийскую лицензию. Во что бы то ни стало завоюю ее |access-date=2024-03-29 |archive-date=2024-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329130322/https://www.azerisport.com/judo/20231227140442233.html |url-status=live }} She played for the Sumgait football club.{{Cite web |url=https://futbolpress.az/v2/xeber//34276/ |title=U 17-lər Türkiyəyə yola düşür |access-date=2024-03-29 |archive-date=2024-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329130322/https://futbolpress.az/v2/xeber//34276/ |url-status=live }}

At the 2017 European Junior Championships in Maribor, Mammadaliyeva won a bronze medal. In November 2018, she became the champion of Azerbaijan in the senior category. In April 2019, she claimed a bronze medal at the Antalya Grand Prix. In June of the same year, she won the European Open tournament in Cluj-Napoca. In November 2019, she earned a silver medal at the African Open in Yaoundé.

In 2020, at the European U23 Championships in Poreč, Mammadaliyeva won a silver medal. In March 2023, she secured a bronze medal at the Tbilisi Grand Slam. In May of the same year, she won a bronze medal at the Linz Grand Prix{{Cite web |url=https://report.az/ru/individual-nye/sbornaya-azerbajdzhana-po-dzyudo-zavershila-gran-pri-s-tremya-medalyami/ |title=Сборная Азербайджана по дзюдо завершила Гран-при с тремя медалями |access-date=2024-03-31 |archive-date=2024-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331092149/https://report.az/ru/individual-nye/sbornaya-azerbajdzhana-po-dzyudo-zavershila-gran-pri-s-tremya-medalyami/ |url-status=live }} and a silver medal at the 2023 Dushanbe Grand Prix in June. That same month, she also won a bronze medal at the Astana Grand Slam, defeating Amber Ryheul from Belgium in the third-place match.[https://azertag.az/ru/xeber/azerbaidzhanskaya_dzyudoistka_gyultadzh_mamedalieva_zanyala_trete_mesto_na_turnire_bolshoi_shlem_v_kazahstane-2663987 Азербайджанская дзюдоистка Гюльтадж Мамедалиева заняла третье место на турнире «Большой шлем» в Казахстане]

In July, Mammadaliyeva finished fifth at the Summer Universiade in Chengdu, where she was one of the flag bearers for the Azerbaijani delegation during the opening ceremony. She began the tournament with a win over an Italian athlete but lost in the quarterfinals to a judoka from Uzbekistan. In the repechage block, she defeated a competitor from France, but in the bronze medal match, she lost to German judoka Annika Würfel.{{Cite web |url=https://www.azerisport.com/judo/20230729001844367.html |title=Наджафов и Алиева выиграли бронзу Универсиады |access-date=2024-03-29 |archive-date=2024-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329124425/https://www.azerisport.com/judo/20230729001844367.html |url-status=live }}

In November 2023, at the European Championships in Montpellier, Mammadaliyeva reached the quarterfinals but was defeated by Olympic champion Distria Krasniqi from Kosovo. In the repechage match, she lost to Hungarian judoka Réka Pupp, finishing in seventh place.{{Cite web |url=https://www.idman.biz/ru/news/judo/7108 |title=Золотой Монпелье. Азербайджанские дзюдоисты стали королями Европы |access-date=2024-03-29 |archive-date=2024-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329124426/https://www.idman.biz/ru/news/judo/7108 |url-status=live }}

Her personal coach is Zaur Rajabli.[https://www.azerisport.com/olimpizm/paris-2024/20240706181517816.html Азербайджанский тренер: На Олимпиаде нет большой разницы между 3-м и 5-м местами]