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Rustam Orujov
Personal information
Birth nameRüstəm Fəzail oğlu Orucov
Full nameRustam Fazail oglu Orujov
NationalityAzerbaijani
Born (1991-10-04) 4 October 1991 (age 33)
Ust-Ilimsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Soviet Union
OccupationJudoka
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Websitehttp://www.rustamorujov.com
Sport
CountryAzerbaijan
SportJudo
Weight class–73 kg
Rank     5th dan black belt[1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesSilver (2016)
World Champ.Silver (2017, 2019)
European Champ.Gold (2016)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Azerbaijan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍73 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Budapest ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Tokyo ‍–‍73 kg
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk ‍–‍73 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kazan ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Kazan Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Warsaw ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Prague ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Sofia ‍–‍73 kg
World Masters
Gold medal – first place 2018 Guangzhou ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Rabat ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Guadalajara ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Qingdao ‍–‍73 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2013 Baku ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Paris ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Düsseldorf ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Baku ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Baku ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Baku ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Düsseldorf ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Baku ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Düsseldorf ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Tashkent ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest ‍–‍73 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2012 Baku ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tbilisi ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Samsun ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Havana ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Zagreb ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Samsun ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Qingdao ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Düsseldorf ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Antalya ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Jeju ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Jeju ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Zagreb ‍–‍73 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Baku ‍–‍73 kg
Profile at external databases
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Updated on 23 May 2023

Rustam Orujov (born 4 October 1991) is an Azerbaijani retired judoka.[2] He competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; after defeating Gideon van Zyl in the second round, he was eliminated by Mansur Isaev in the third round.[3] He won the silver medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]

Biography

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Rustam Orujov, was born October 4, 1991, in Russia, in the city of Ust-Ilimsk Irkutsk Region, to an Azerbaijani father and a Russian mother. At the age of seven he began to practice judo. He lived in the Irkutsk region until he was 16. He competed in various youth competitions. After moving to Baku, he began training in the famous "Attila" martial arts sports club. At youth level he won the championship of Eurasia, but failed to win the continental championship. Later, Orujov went to the senior level, in which initially competed in 66 kg weight category. The first success at senior level came after Rustam Orujov began to contest at 73 kg weight category.

In June 2011, the European Cup in the Slovenian city of Celje Orujov finished second, in October of the same year at the World Cup in Baku, where Orujov first started performing in weight up to 73 kg, – third. In February 2012, Orujov was fifth at the Grand Prix in Düsseldorf. That tournament, allowed him to score points for the Olympic license and Orujov was able to get through to the Olympics only through the continental quota of the European Judo Union. In May 2012 at the Grand Prix Baku Orujov has won first place.

On the 2012 Olympic Games in London in 1/16 Orujov won against Gideon van Zyl from South Africa, but lost to the future champion of the games Mansur Isaev of Russia.

In 2013, when Rustam Orujov returned from the Azerbaijani mandatory military service, he performed at the Grand Prix of Samsun, in which he was defeated due to lack of appropriate training. But in May 2013, Orujov was able to recover and became the winner of the tournament "Grand Slam", which was held in Baku. In 2014, at the next Grand Prix tournament in Samsun Orujov won the silver medal.

In 2015, at the Grand Prix in Georgia, Orujov won the gold medal. In 2016 he became the champion of Europe.[5] Representing Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he won a silver medal in judo in the weight category up to 73 kg. September 1 decree of the President of Azerbaijan was awarded the Order "For Service to the Fatherland III degree."

In the -73 kg weight category he won silver at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships.[5] He also won bronze medals at the 2017, 2020 and 2022 European Championships, and a silver at the 2019 European Games.[5] He had to miss the 2021 European Championships due to COVID.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "IJF Dan Grades Awardees" (PDF). International Judo Federation. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 18, 2023. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rustam Orujov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
  3. ^ "Rustam Orujov". London 2012. Archived from the original on August 4, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  4. ^ "Rustam Orujov". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on September 3, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "JudoInside - Rustam Orujov Judoka". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  6. ^ "Top judoka De Wit and Orujov cancel Europeans". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
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