Namig Abdullayev
{{short description|Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
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|image= Namig Abdullayev (2025).jpg
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|birth_date= {{birth-date and age|4 January 1971}}
|birth_place= Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
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| height = {{convert|1.67|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|55|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
|sport=Freestyle wrestling
|club=Neftçi, Baku
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| show-medals = yes
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{{MedalSport| Men's freestyle wrestling}}
{{MedalCountry | {{AZE}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold | 2000 Sydney | 55 kg}}
{{MedalSilver | 1996 Atlanta | 52 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|1994 Istanbul|52 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|1998 Tehran|54 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|2002 Tehran|55 kg}}
{{MedalBronze| 2006 Guangzhou|55 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 1994 Rome|52 kg}}
{{MedalGold | 1995 Fribourg|52kg}}
{{MedalGold | 2003 Rijeka|54 kg}}
{{MedalSilver | 1997 Warsaw|52 kg}}
{{MedalSilver | 2006 Moscow|55 kg}}
{{MedalBronze | 1996 Budapest|52 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}
{{MedalGold|2004 Baku|55 kg}}
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Namig Yadulla Abdullayev ({{langx|az|Namiq Abdullayev}}, born 4 January 1971) is a retired Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler, who won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as three gold medals at European championships and three silver medals at world championships.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010822/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ab/namiq-abdullayev-1.html Namiq Abdullayev]. sports-reference.com
A three-time Olympian, Abdullayev won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the 52 kg category and the gold in the 55 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated early.
Abdullayev retired in 2009.{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.day.az/news/sport/165318.html Легендарный азербайджанский борец Намик Абдуллаев уходит из большого спорта] (Legendary Azerbaijani Wrestler Namiq Abdullayev Retiring). Day.az. 18 July 2009.
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.{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.day.az/news/sport/134820.html Azerbaijani Женился азербайджанский борец Намик Абдуллаев] (Wrestler Namig Abdullayev Getting Married). day.az. 28 October 2008 He is the brother of world champion wrestler Arif Abdullayev.
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Namiq Abdullayev}}
- [https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/athens2004/aze/Namig+Abdullayev/370002 Namig Abdullayev's profile]
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| before = Nazim Huseynov
| title = Flagbearer for {{AZE}}
| years = Sydney 2000
| after = Nizami Pashayev
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Category:Olympic wrestlers for Azerbaijan
Category:Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Azerbaijani male sport wrestlers
Category:Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Azerbaijan
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Azerbaijan
Category:Sport wrestlers from Baku
Category:Olympic medalists in wrestling
Category:World Wrestling Championships medalists
Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:European Wrestling Champions
Category:20th-century Azerbaijani sportsmen
Category:21st-century Azerbaijani sportsmen
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