Namig Abdullayev

Namig Abdullayev
Personal information
Born 4 January 1971 (age 52)
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport Freestyle wrestling
Club Neftçi, Baku
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing Azerbaijan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta 52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney 55 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1994 Istanbul 52 kg
Silver medal – second place 1998 Tehran 54 kg
Silver medal – second place 2002 Tehran 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Guangzhou 55 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Rome 52 kg
Gold medal – first place 1995 Fribourg 52kg
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Budapest 52 kg
Silver medal – second place 1997 Warsaw 52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2003 Rijeka 54 kg
Silver medal – second place 2006 Moscow 55 kg
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2004 Baku 55 kg

Namig Yadulla Abdullayev (Azerbaijani: Namiq Abdullayev, born 4 January 1971) is a retired Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler, who won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as three gold medals at European championships and three silver medals at world championships.

A three-time Olympian, Abdullayev won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the 52 kg category and the gold in the 55 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated early.

Abdullayev retired in 2009.

He was one of the four winners of Young Lions of Azerbaijan 2022, and represented the country at the 2022 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Personal life

Abdullayev is married and lives in Baku. He is the brother of world champion wrestler Arif Abdullayev.