Vugar Rahimov

{{short description|Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler}}

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| fullname = Vugar Hamidullovych Rahimov

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| residence = Zaporizhia, Ukraine

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| birth_place = Baku, Azerbaijan SSR,
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| event = Greco-Roman

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| club = Metallurg Zaporozhye

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| coach = Evgeny Chertkov

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{{MedalSport | Men's Greco-Roman wrestling}}

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{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2011 Dortmund|55 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2007 Moscow|55 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2010 Baku|55 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Military Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2007 Hyderabad|55 kg}}

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Vugar Hamidullovych Rahimov (also Vyugar Ragymov, {{langx|uk|Вьюгар Гамидуллович Рагімов}}; born February 5, 1986, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) is a Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler of Azerbaijani descent, who played for the men's featherweight category.{{cite web|title=Vyugar Ragymov|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/ragymov-vyugar-1051036/|publisher=London 2012|access-date=7 February 2013|archive-date=1 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401193728/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/ragymov-vyugar-1051036/|url-status=dead}}{{cite sports-reference|title = Vyugar Ragymov|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/viugar-rahimov-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001238/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/viugar-rahimov-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 7 February 2013}} He captured a silver medal for his division at the 2011 European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany, losing out to Armenia's Roman Amoyan.{{cite news|last=Abbott|first=Gary|title=Byers wins silver at Vantaa Cup in Finland; Tellgren, Kowalczuk place fifth|url=http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=24376|work=USA Wrestling|publisher=The Mat|date=19 November 2011|access-date=7 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820172909/http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=24376|archive-date=20 August 2012|url-status=dead}} Ragymov is currently a member of the wrestling team for Metallurg Zaporzhye in his current residence Zaporizhia, and is coached and trained by Evgeny Chertkov.

Rakhimov represented Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed for the men's 55 kg class. He lost the qualifying round match to China's Li Shujin, with a three-set technical score (0–4, 2–0, 0–2), and a classification point score of 1–3.{{cite web|title=Men's 55kg Greco-Roman Qualification|url=http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-55kg/match=wrm155514/index.html|publisher=London 2012|access-date=7 February 2013|archive-date=28 January 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128081442/http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-55kg/match=wrm155514/index.html|url-status=dead}}