Rovshan Bayramov

Rovshan Bayramov
Bayramov during the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born7 May 1987 (1987-05-07) (age 38)

Rovshan Bayramov (Azerbaijani: Rövşən Bayramov; born 7 May 1987, Baku, Azerbaijani SSR) is an Azerbaijani wrestler. He is a European and world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling and a two-time Olympic silver medalist.[1]

In the 2011 World Wrestling Championship held in Istanbul, he became a world champion, adding a gold medal to the silver and bronze medals he won at previous world championships. In addition, Bayramov holds two European titles.

2008 Beijing Olympics

In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Bayramov successfully reached the final having beaten Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt), Yagnier Hernández (Cuba), Roman Amoyan (Armenia), but lost to Nazyr Mankiev from Russia.

2012 London Olympics

In the 2012 London Olympics having beaten Mingiyan Semenov (Russia), Spenser Mango (USA), Li Shujin (China) and Choi Gyu-Jin (South Korea), Bayramov lost in the final against Hamid Sourian (Iran) and obtained his second silver Olympic medal in a row.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rovshan Bayramov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.