Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	AZE
NPC	National Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan
Website	www.paralympic.az
in Tokyo
Competitors	36 in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 10th	Gold 14 Silver 1 Bronze 4 Total 19
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1988)  Unified Team (1992)

Azerbaijan competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.^[1][2]

The team won 14 gold medals and 19 medals overall, beating their previous best of 4 golds and 12 medals in London 2012 and overall medal of 9 gold.

Medalists

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Shahana Hajiyeva	Judo	Women's 48 kg	27 August
Gold	Raman Salei	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke S12	27 August
Gold	Vugar Shirinli	Judo	Men's 60 kg	27 August
Gold	Sevda Valiyeva	Judo	Women's 57 kg	28 August
Gold	Khanim Huseynova	Judo	Women's 63 kg	28 August
Gold	Huseyn Rahimli	Judo	Men's 81 kg	28 August
Gold	Hamed Heidari	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F57	28 August
Gold	Elvin Astanov	Athletics	Men's shot put F53	29 August
Gold	Dursadaf Karimova	Judo	Women's +70 kg	29 August
Gold	Raman Salei	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle S12	31 August
Gold	Vali Israfilov	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke SB12	1 September
Gold	Raman Salei	Swimming	Men's 100 metre butterfly S12	3 September
Gold	Lamiya Valiyeva	Athletics	Women's 400 metres T13	4 September
Gold	Orkhan Aslanov	Athletics	Men's long jump T13	4 September
Silver	Lamiya Valiyeva	Athletics	Women's 100 metres T13	31 August
Bronze	Parvin Mammadov	Powerlifting	Men's 49 kg	26 August
Bronze	Namig Abasli	Judo	Men's 66 kg	27 August
Bronze	Ilham Zakiyev	Judo	Men's +100 kg	27 August
Bronze	Said Najafzade	Athletics	Men's long jump T12	30 August

Competitors

#	Sport	Men	Women	Total	Events
1	Athletics	9	3	12	16
2	Judo	6	5	11	11
3	Powerlifting	4	0	4	4
4	Shooting	1	1	2	5
5	Swimming	2	1	3	7
6	Taekwondo	2	2	4	4
Total		24	12	36	47

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

12 Azerbaijani athlete in 16 events such as Kamil Aliyev (Long Jump T12), Olokhan Musayev (Discus Throw F56) & Samir Nabiyev (Shot Put F57) successfully to break through the qualifications for the 2020 Paralympics after breaking the qualification limit.^[3][4]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Men's Track
Elmir Jabrayilov	100m T13	DNF	-	Did not advance
	400m T13	52.17	12	Did not advance
Men's Field
Kamil Aliyev	Long jump T12	—		6.89	5
Orkhan Aslanov	Long jump T13	—		7.36 AR
Elvin Astanov	Shot put F53	—		8.77 PR
Orkhan Gasimov	Javelin throw F13	—		58.96	5
Hamed Heidari	Javelin throw F57	—		51.42 WR, PR
Olokhan Musayev	Shot put F55	—		11.89	5
	Discus throw F56	—		37.92	7
Samir Nabiyev	Shot put F57	—		13.12	7
Said Najafzade	Long jump T12	—		7.03
Women's Track
Elena Chebanu	100m T13	12.16	3 Q	12.41	7
Iuliia Ianovskaia	100m T13	12.41	8 Q	12.30	4
	400m T13	56.55	2 Q	57.18	5
Lamiya Valiyeva	100m T13	12.09	2 Q	11.99
	400m T13	55.71	2 Q	55.00 PR

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Men
Vugar Shirinli	−60 kg	Bye	Çiftçi (TUR) W 10s1–0s2	Bologa (ROU) W 1s1–0	Bye	Sariyev (KAZ) W 10–1s2
Namig Abasli	−66 kg	Bye	Ibáñez (ESP) L 0s2–1	Did not advance	Pérez (PUR) W 10–0	Rudenko (RPC) W 1s1–0	Khorava (UKR) W 1s2–0s1
Ramil Gasimov	−73 kg	Daulet (KAZ) L DNS	Did not advance
Huseyn Rahimli	−81 kg	Bye	Powell (GBR) W 11s1–0	Lee (KOR) W 10–0s1	Bye	Karomatov (UZB) W 10–1s2
Kanan Abdullakhanli	−100 kg	Khalilov (UZB) L 0s1–10s2	Did not advance
Ilham Zakiyev	+100 kg	Hodgson (GBR) W 1s2–0s1	Choi (KOR) L 0s2–1s2	Did not advance		Subba (JAM) W 10–0s1	Sharipov (UZB) W BYE
Women
Shahana Hajiyeva	−48 kg	Bye	Hangai (JPN) W 10–0	Potapova (RPC) W 10–0	Bye	Martinet (FRA) W 10s1–1
Basti Safarova	−52 kg	Bye	Fujiwara (JPN) L 0s3–10s2	Did not advance		Nikolaychyk (UKR) L 0–10	Did not advance
Sevda Valiyeva	−57 kg	Bye	Fedossova (KAZ) W 10–0	Çelik (TUR) W 10s1–0	Bye	Samandarova (UZB) W 1–0s2
Khanim Huseynova	−63 kg	Bye	Kudo (JPN) W 10s1–0s1	Wang Yue (CHN) W 1s1–0	Bye	Husieva (UKR) W 1–0
Dursadaf Karimova	+70 kg	—	Harnyk (UKR) W 10–0	Emmerich (BRA) W 11s2–1s1	Bye	Baibatina (KAZ) W 10s1–0s2

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Parvin Mammadov	Men's −49 kg	156
Nurlan Babajanov	Men's −97 kg	185	7
Elshan Huseynov	Men's −107 kg	NM
Shamo Aslanov	Men's +107 kg	NM

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Azerbaijan entered one athletes into the Paralympic competition. Kamran Zeynalov successfully break the Paralympic qualification at the 2019 WSPS World Championships which was held in Sydney, Australia.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Yelena Taranova	Women's P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1	538	16	Did not advance
	Mixed P3 – 25 m pistol SH1	516	29	Did not advance
	Mixed P4 – 50 m pistol SH1	503	29	Did not advance
Kamran Zeynalov	Men's P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1	543	23	Did not advance
	Mixed P4 – 50 m pistol SH1	518	20	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Three Azerbaijani swimmer has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the 2019 World Championship & MQS.^[6][7]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Men
Vali Israfilov	100m breaststroke SB12	—	1:04.86 PR
	100m butterfly S12	1:10.59	10	Did not advance
Raman Salei	50m freestyle S13	23.98	3 Q	23.85	4
	100m freestyle S12	53.89	2 Q	52.69
	100m backstroke S12	—	1:00:30
	100m butterfly S12	58.99	1 Q	57.81
Women
Dana Shandibina	100m breaststroke SB13	1:24.51	11	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Azerbaijan qualified four athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. All of them confirmed to compete at the games by winning the gold medal at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[8]

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Men
Imamaddin Khalilov	Men's –61 kg	Sidorov (RPC) L 19–25	Did not advance		Tanaka (JPN) W 20–15	Kong (FRA) L 26–29	Did not advance	7
Abulfaz Abuzarli	Men's –75 kg	Ganapin (PHI) W WDQ	García (MEX) L 5–38	Did not advance	Shvets (UKR) W 60–36	Joo (KOR) L 32–46	Did not advance	7
Women
Royala Fataliyeva	Women's –49 kg	Phuangkitcha (THA) L 4–17	Did not advance		Tanwar (IND) W WWD	Marchuk (UKR) L 20–26	Did not advance	7
Aynur Mammadova	Women's +58 kg	Lypetska (UKR) WD	Did not advance

See also

• Azerbaijan at the Paralympics
• Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Olympics

References

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