Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler
Sanan Suleymanov
![]() Suleymanov at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships |
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Native name | Sənan Əmrah oğlu Süleymanov |
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Born | (1996-12-15) December 15, 1996 (age 27) Dmanisi, Georgia |
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Country | Azerbaijan |
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Sport | Amateur wrestling |
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Weight class | 77 kg |
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Event | Greco-Roman |
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Sanan Suleymanov (born 15 December 1996) is an Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the silver medal in the 77 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[1][2] In 2020, he won the gold medal in the 77 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.[3][4][5]
Career
Suleymanov competed in the 66 kg event at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia without winning a medal.[6] He won his first match against Parviz Nasibov of Ukraine but he was eliminated from the competition by Atakan Yüksel of Turkey.[6]
In 2019, Suleymanov competed in the 72 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan without winning a medal. At the 2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary, he won the silver medal in the 72 kg event.[7][8] In the final, he lost against Mohammad Reza Geraei of Iran. In 2020, Suleymanov competed in the men's 77 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[9]
In March 2021, Suleymanov competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[10] In April 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in the 77 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[11][12]
In 2022, Suleymanov won the silver medal in his event at the Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[13] He won one of the bronze medals in the 77 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[14][15] He won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[16]
Suleymanov competed in the 77 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia where he was eliminated in his first match.[17]
He qualified to represent Azerbijan at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[18]
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