Islam Abbasov
{{short description|Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler}}
{{use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = İslam Abbasov
| image = Men's Greco-Roman at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament 3.jpg
| caption = Abbasov in 2024
| headercolor = lightblue
| nationality = Azerbaijani
| full_name = İslam Əzim oğlu Abbasov
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|3|24}}
| birth_place = Sumgait, Azerbaijan
| height = {{convert|180|cm|ft in|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|77|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's Greco-Roman wrestling }}
{{MedalCountry | {{AZE}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Bucharest|87 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|2020 Rome|87 kg}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2022 Budapest|87 kg}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2025 Bratislava|87 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition| World Cup}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Tehran|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Abadan|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Minsk|87 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|Islamic Solidarity Games}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Military Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Skopje|85 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Klaipeda|85 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Moscow|63 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Istanbul|87 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Istanbul|85 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Istanbul|87 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|Golden Grand Prix}}
{{MedalGold|2016 Baku|85 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|Grand Prix}}
{{MedalBronze|2025 Zagreb|87 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|World U23 Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Bucharest|87 kg }}
{{MedalCompetition|European U23 Championship}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Istanbul|87 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Walbrzych|85 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Juniors Championships }}
{{MedalGold|2014 Zagreb|84 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Bahia|84 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Juniors Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Katowice|84 kg}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Istanbul|84 kg}}
{{MedalGold|2016 Bucharest|84 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Cadets Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2012 Baku|76 kg}}
{{MedalGold|2013 Zrenjanin|76 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Cadets Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2013 Bar|76 kg}}
}}
İslam Əzim oğlu Abbasov (born 24 March 1996) is an Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler.{{cite web |url=https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?spid=CFCC16D57E434354AC5D6022E61D462E |title=Islam Abbasov (AZE) |work=International Wrestling Database}}{{dead link|date=May 2023}}
Wrestling career
In March 2021, he qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite news |last=Morgan |first=Liam |date=20 March 2021 |title=Russia and Georgia earn two Tokyo 2020 Greco-Roman quotas at Olympic qualifier |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1105686/grecoroman-wrestling-places-tokyo-2020 |access-date=20 March 2021 |archive-date=20 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320232740/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1105686/grecoroman-wrestling-places-tokyo-2020 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf |website=UWW.org |publisher=United World Wrestling |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf |archive-date=24 March 2021 |access-date=24 March 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/wrestling/athlete-profile-n1433032-abbasov-islam.htm |title=ABBASOV Islam |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=2 September 2021 |archive-date=2 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902080614/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/wrestling/athlete-profile-n1433032-abbasov-islam.htm |url-status=dead}} In June 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2021 Wladyslaw Pytlasinski Cup held in Warsaw, Poland.{{Cite news |last=Rowbottom |first=Mike |date=13 June 2021 |title=Hosts win two golds on final night of UWW Poland Open |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1109022/uww-poland-open-warsaw |access-date=4 July 2021 |archive-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614032022/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1109022/uww-poland-open-warsaw |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=2021 Poland Open Results Book |url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/results_06_warsaw.pdf |website=UWW.org |publisher=United World Wrestling |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704164819/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/results_06_warsaw.pdf |archive-date=4 July 2021 |access-date=4 July 2021}}
In 2022, he won the gold medal in his event at the Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.{{Cite web |title=2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final-book-ranking-series-istambul-2022-light.pdf?VersionId=BMipbXFVxzXXeonWOfeVdKVeNlWlxYzt |website=UWW.org |publisher=United World Wrestling |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302085143/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final-book-ranking-series-istambul-2022-light.pdf?VersionId=BMipbXFVxzXXeonWOfeVdKVeNlWlxYzt |archive-date=2 March 2022 |access-date=2 March 2022}} He won one of the bronze medals in the 87 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.{{Cite news |last=Pavitt |first=Michael |date=2 April 2022 |title=Kayaalp continues Greco-Roman domination at European Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1121384/kayaalp-european-wrestling-championships |access-date=2 April 2022 |archive-date=2 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402222533/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1121384/kayaalp-european-wrestling-championships |url-status=live}}
He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify 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 was eliminated in his first match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.
References
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External links
- {{UWW|abbasov-islam|Islam Abbasov}}
- {{IWD|CFCC16D57E434354AC5D6022E61D462E|Islam Abbasov}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|islam-abbasov|Islam Abbasov}}
- {{Olympedia|name=İslam Abbasov}}
- {{Olympic.az profile|islam-abbasov|İslam Abbasov}}
- [http://www.azerisport.com/wrestling/20180605102748876.html u23-european-championships]
- [http://www.1news.az/news/islam-abbasov-ya-delayu-pervye-shagi-na-vzroslom-urovne 1news.az]
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Category:Azerbaijani male sport wrestlers
Category:European Games medalists in wrestling
Category:European Games silver medalists for Azerbaijan
Category:European Wrestling Championships medalists
Category:Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games
Category:Olympic wrestlers for Azerbaijan
Category:Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:21st-century Azerbaijani sportsmen
Category:Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan