Yaylagul Ramazanova
{{Short description|Azerbaijani archer (1990)}}
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Yaylagul Ramazanova ({{langx|az|Yaylagül Ramazanova}}; born 18 January 1990) is an Azerbaijani archer and a member of the Azerbaijan national archery team. She participated in the European Games in 2015 and 2023, the 2019 World Archery Championships, and the European Championship in 2016, 2018, 2021, and 2022. Ramazanova represented Azerbaijan at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, becoming the first Azerbaijani non-naturalized athlete to secure an Olympic quota in archery for Azerbaijan. As multiple-time Azerbaijani champion, and a record-holder in the country for 70-meter archery distance, she has received the honorary title of Master of Sports of Azerbaijan.
Biography
Yaylagul Ramazanova was born on 18 January 1990. She graduated from the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts, specializing in book illustration.{{Cite web |url=https://www.azerisport.com/shooting/20240620163858173.html |title=An artist making history in Azerbaijani sports: I will strive to perform well in Paris |access-date=2024-06-20 |archive-date=2024-06-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620152858/https://www.azerisport.com/shooting/20240620163858173.html |url-status=live }}
In June 2015, at the European Games in Baku, Ramazanova competed against Georgian athlete Khatuna Narimanidze and lost with a score of 4:6.{{Cite web |url=https://oxu.az/ru/sport/81006 |title=Baku-2015: Archery competitions held |access-date=2024-06-18 |archive-date=2024-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618091354/https://oxu.az/ru/sport/81006 |url-status=live }}
In June 2018, she won the Azerbaijani Championship in Baku.{{Cite web |url=https://report.az/ru/individual-nye/proveden-chempionat-strany-po-strel-be-iz-luka/ |title=The national archery championship held |access-date=2024-06-18 |archive-date=2024-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618144731/https://report.az/ru/individual-nye/proveden-chempionat-strany-po-strel-be-iz-luka/ |url-status=live }}
At the 2022 European Archery Championships in Munich, Germany, Ramazanova secured a quota for the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland.
Since October 2022, her coach on the national team has been Natig Fazilov who has received the honorary titles of Honored Coach, and Master of Sports of Azerbaijan.{{Cite web |url=https://marja.az/97515/olke-bascisi-kamandan-oxatma-federasiyasinin-idmancisini-mukafatlandirdi |title=The head of state awarded an archer of the Archery Federation |access-date=2024-06-18 |archive-date=2024-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618091402/https://marja.az/97515/olke-bascisi-kamandan-oxatma-federasiyasinin-idmancisini-mukafatlandirdi |url-status=live }}
At the 2023 European Games, Ramazanova, along with fencer Barat Guliyev, was the flagbearer of Azerbaijan at the opening ceremony.[https://haqqin.az/news/286949 The Azerbaijani team enters the arena of the European Games]{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympic.az/news/ucuncu-avropa-oyunlarinin-acilis-merasiminde-azerbaycan-milli-komandasinin-kecidi-olub |title=Azerbaijan's national team appears at the Third European Games opening ceremony |access-date=2024-06-18 |archive-date=2024-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618092639/https://www.olympic.az/news/ucuncu-avropa-oyunlarinin-acilis-merasiminde-azerbaycan-milli-komandasinin-kecidi-olub |url-status=live }} In the competition, Ramazanova was defeated in the 1/32 round by Lithuanian athlete Paulina Ramanauskaite with a narrow score of 5:6 (the regular time ended 5:5).[https://konkret.az/yaylagul-ramazanova-cixisini-basa-vurdu/ Yaylagül Ramazanova concludes her performance]
In June 2024, at the final qualification stage in Antalya, Turkey, Yaylagul Ramazanova defeated Polish athlete Klaudia Plaza, securing a quota for the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.azerisport.com/shooting/20240616192017372.html|title=Ramazanova secures Olympic quota|publisher=azerisport.com|access-date=2024-06-18|archive-date=2024-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617214806/https://www.azerisport.com/shooting/20240616192017372.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://azertag.az/ru/xeber/ocherednaya_licenziya_azerbaidzhana_na_olimpiadu_v_parizhe-3058694|title=Another Olympic quota for Azerbaijan in Paris|lang=ru|website=Azertag|date=2024-06-16|url-status=live|access-date=2024-06-20|archive-date=2024-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619020231/https://azertag.az/ru/xeber/ocherednaya_licenziya_azerbaidzhana_na_olimpiadu_v_parizhe-3058694}}
Ramazanova was the first Azerbaijani athlete to start her Olympic competition on July 25, a day before the opening ceremony.{{cite web|url=https://haqqin.az/news/323116|title=Azerbaijan's Olympics began at the Palace of the Disabled|publisher=haqqin.az|access-date=2024-07-31|archive-date=2024-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731054122/https://haqqin.az/news/323116|url-status=live}} Ranked 61st globally among tournament participants, she scored 647 points in the qualification round, finishing 39th, marking her best performance of the season.{{cite web|url=https://www.azerisport.com/olimpizm/paris-2024/20240725000012899.html|title=Ramazanova breaks her record and faces a Chinese opponent|publisher=azerisport.com|access-date=2024-07-31|archive-date=2024-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726182050/https://www.azerisport.com/olimpizm/paris-2024/20240725000012899.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://azertag.az/ru/xeber/parizh_2024_uspeshnyi_start_predstavitelnicy_azerbaidzhana-3112406|title=Paris-2024: Successful start for Azerbaijan's representative|lang=ru|website=Azertag|date=2024-07-25|url-status=live|access-date=2024-07-26|archive-date=2024-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726004558/https://azertag.az/ru/xeber/parizh_2024_uspeshnyi_start_predstavitelnicy_azerbaidzhana-3112406}} On July 30, in the 1/32 finals, Ramazanova, while seven months pregnant, clinched a victory in a tiebreak against the 26th-ranked Chinese athlete An Qixuan with a score of 6:5. Immediately after, she competed in the 1/16 finals against Michelle Kroppen of Germany, losing 2:6. Due to her pregnancy, spectators offered special support during her matches.{{cite web|url=https://haqqin.az/news/323657|title=Azerbaijani athlete surprises at Olympics while seven months pregnant|publisher=haqqin.az|access-date=2024-07-31|archive-date=2024-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731054119/https://haqqin.az/news/323657|url-status=live}}
At the Azerbaijan Archery Championship held in Baku on February 5-7, 2025, she won the gold medal and earned the title of Azerbaijan champion.{{Cite web |title=Kamandan oxatma üzrə Azərbaycan çempionu: Öz çıxışımdan tam razı qalmadım |url=https://azertag.az/xeber/kamandan_oxatma_uzre_azerbaycan_chempionu_oz_chixisimdan_tam_razi_qalmadim-3408123 |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=azertag.az |language=az}}
References
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Category:Olympic archers for Azerbaijan
Category:Archers at the 2024 Summer Olympics