Medal record
Namig Abdullayev
Men’s Freestyle Wrestling
Competitor for  Azerbaijan
Olympic Games
Gold	2000 Sydney	55 kg
Silver	1996 Atlanta	52 kg
World Championships
Silver	1994 Istanbul	52 kg
Silver	1998 Tehran	54 kg
Silver	2002 Tehran	55 kg
Bronze	2006 Guangzhou	55 kg
Bronze	2007 Baku	55 kg
European Championships
Gold	1994 Rome	52 kg
Gold	1995 Fribourg	52kg
Bronze	1996 Budapest	52 kg
Silver	1997 Warsaw	52 kg
Gold	2003 Rijeka	54 kg
Silver	2006 Moscow	55 kg

Namig Yadulla oglu Abdullayev (born January 4, 1971, Baku) was an Azerbaijani Olympic Champion wrestler, winning a gold medal in freestyle for Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He has also won three gold medals at the European Championships and 4 silver medals at the World Championships.

A three-time Olympian competing at several Summer Olympics, Abdullayev won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Mens Freestyle 52 kg and the gold in the Men's Freestyle 55 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated early.

Abdullayev is perhaps best known in the United States for his controversial 2000 Olympic gold-medal match against American Sammie Henson.^[1] He retired in 2009.^[2]

[edit] Personal life

Abdullayev is married and lives in Baku.^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Namig Abdullayev's profile

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